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      Going Home

      PG 1971 1 hr. 37 min. Drama List
      Reviews 31% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham (Robert Mitchum) is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend (Brenda Vaccaro). But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent), shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge. Read More Read Less

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      Michael S I suspect that people who downgraded this film truly don't understand the medium. This is a great performance by one of our finest actors. Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent are also quite good. Maybe read up on the subtleties of 1970s cinema before saying silly things, folks. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review steve d The great performances made this work. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Father-son relationship story definitely feels dated. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a big fan of Robert Mitchum and also of Jan-Michael Vincent, but I was disappointed with this father/son drama. The film has an interesting set-up, with Vincent reaching out to his recently paroled father, who had been put away for killing his wife, Vincent's mother, many years before. What doesn't work as well is that Vincent is such an unpleasant character and in terms of narrative seems like he should be the character the audience needs to want to follow and identify with. Mitchum is excellent as the father who is happy to help his son and to reconcile, but who avoids pushing himself on his son given his past actions. Vincent is an underrated actor, but this character is so damaged and hurtful that it makes the film an unpleasant experience. And it's not that I can't appreciate or enjoy challenging familial dramas, but they at least need to interesting characters or solid narrative, both of which this film lacked. Overall, this film was only made watchable thanks to a nuanced performance by Mitchum. Brenda Vaccaro, Sally Kirkland, and Josh Mostel appear in supporting roles and an uncredited Audrey Landers appears as a teenage Arby's customer. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Gritty performance by Mitchum Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a film about a man confronted by his grown son after he is released from prison for killing the boy's mother in a drunken rage years earlier. Neither of them seem to have the ability to get past it, nor to let it go, and it makes for a tense little flick as they dance around one another and we wait for something to go off. It's worth a look, but don't expect any solid answers from either side of things as to why it all happened. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Going Home is a fairly awful melodrama that's worth seeing primarily for the presence of Robert Mitchum. Not that he's especially good... It's just that he's there, the kind of screen presence that draws your attention. Rated: 2/4 Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Old sleepy-eyed Robert Mitchum and Brenda Vaccaro with that edge-of-toughness voice of hers are capable of making something out of nothing. But even with them in it, Going Home remains pretty much a nothing. Jan 18, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aside from the winning brooding performance by Robert Mitchum, this somber melodrama, a tortured father and son relationship film, is a downer. Rated: C+ Aug 17, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham (Robert Mitchum) is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend (Brenda Vaccaro). But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent), shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.
      Director
      Herbert B. Leonard
      Production Co
      Herbert B. Leonard Productions
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 25, 2006