Coming Home Again

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Coming Home Again

2020

1h 26m

Drama

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In San Francisco, a Korean-American man takes care of his dying mother and reflects upon their life, while she teaches him her traditional recipes.

Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

10/26/2020

As is so often the case, cultural specificity begets a very recognizable universality in this depiction of parents and children, love, death and grief.

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Ryan Lattanzio

IndieWire

10/24/2020

B+

Chung's understated performance is a fitting center for a movie almost always operating at whisper-level.

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Carlos Aguilar

RogerEbert.com

10/23/2020

3.5/4

Coming Home Again doesn't sanctify the image of the mother, but instead aims to truly capture the full-bodied personhood of the woman Lee put on the page.

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Carolyn Hinds

But Why Tho?

07/29/2021

7.5/10

Throughout the film both Chung and Chon have been captivating as two people doing their best to put on a brave face to encourage each other.

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Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

11/21/2020

Wayne Wang's Coming Home Again is a heartfelt story of a first generation Korean-American grieving as he takes care of his mother as she dies of cancer.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

10/27/2020

3.5/5

Neither self-aggrandizing or sugar coating in its presentation of overwhelming grief, Coming Home Again is a painstaking reminder of Wang's supreme talents.

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01/01/2022

Delicate and moving. Beautiful work by director Wayne Wang!

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Synopsis

In San Francisco, a Korean-American man takes care of his dying mother and reflects upon their life, while she teaches him her traditional recipes.

Director: Wayne Wang
Producer: Donald Young, Naja Pham Lockwood
Screenwriter: Wayne Wang, Lee Chang-rae
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2021
Runtime: 1h 26m