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I Want to Go Home

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A U.S. cartoonist (Adolph Green) in Paris meets his daughter's professor (Gérard Depardieu), a fan of his work.

Critics Reviews

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Fernando F. Croce Slant Magazine 02/20/2008
2/4
I Want to Go Home has a splenetic oddball quality at odds with the evanescent tendencies of Alain Resnais' later films. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/28/2011
C+
Resnais and Feiffer make for an odd pairing, as their satire falls almost flat on its face because it lacks wit, charm and sensibility. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 03/06/2008
The film never ceases to be obnoxious. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/31/2011 There is a decent film buried in here, but I think it is sabotaged by some poor performances and in the end it falls into the trap of an ending that is in complete contradiction to the American sentimentality and self-absorption it professes to disavow. See more 07/30/2008 What a mess. Resnais must have been drunk when he made this. A satire about American-French relations with a bizarre cast. Adolph Green gives one of the most obnoxious performances ever as an American cartoonist who goes to Paris to visit his estranged daughter. Depardieu can't speak proper English. The film culminates in a Rules of the Game-ish costume party. It ends up as pretty much a live action cartoon. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Alain Resnais

Director

Adolph Green

Joey Wellman

Gérard Depardieu

Christian Gauthier

Linda Lavin

Lena Apthrop

Laura Benson

Elsie Wellman

Micheline Presle

Isabelle Gauthier
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I Want to Go Home

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Movie Info

Synopsis A U.S. cartoonist (Adolph Green) in Paris meets his daughter's professor (Gérard Depardieu), a fan of his work.
Director
Alain Resnais
Producer
Marin Karmitz
Screenwriter
Jules Feiffer
Production Co
La Sofica Sofinergie, La Sept Cinema, Sofima, Investimage, Films A2, MK2 Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 7, 1989, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 19, 2008
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Stereo