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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

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Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels) and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder). An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times There's enough material here for several movies, but none of them turns into this one. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an often excessively deliberate drama that grows less and less compelling (and more and more tiresome) as it unfolds... Rated: 2/4 Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine A pleasant way to re-experience the early phase of Winona Ryder’s career with a nostalgic frame of mind. Rated: 7/10 May 1, 2024 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) A film that doesn't bore, not even for a moment. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 26, 2022 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Focuses on the adolescent struggle to define oneself and also speaks about honesty, risk, loneliness, and self-respect. Rated: 3/5 Aug 18, 2004 Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat Rated: 2/5 Jan 21, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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A J I loved this movie when I was a weird outcast teen and loved it again when watching as a 40+yr old ‘grown up’. I found it so relatable then as well as now. Winona is really great in this, sensitive and believable. The supporting characters are a bit all over the place and could be whittled down in number while expanding the characters but hey - the main storyline is well acted. Thoroughly recommend. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Chloe M Personally, I enjoyed this movie as someone who loves the feeling of nostalgic films and enjoys weird and different plots and characters. I loved Winona Ryder’s character Dinky, she’s an edgy outcast who makes no effort to conform to society, I found her funny and surprisingly relatable. I do think this movie is lacking a lot of character development and leaves you feeling like something more is missing. I wish Dinky’s adoptive mother learned to accept her as she is, and we would get to see Denton reunite with his family and actually become a redeemable character. All in all this movie was more enjoyable than 99% of recent films so definitely worth a watch if you go into it just expecting a quirky, different movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review Kirsten W This was one of my favorite movies back then. I started dreaming of getting a musician to name me in a song. John Mayer if you read this, my name is Kirsten. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Steve D Ryder is really good but the rest is uncomfortable and unfunny. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review hayley b not that exciting of a film sadly, i love winona and only watched it for her but i didn't like this much, was pretty dull. it's one of those films ill watch once every 6 years because i forgot what happens. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Wynona Rider is again cast as a social misfit and does it well. Room is all black, reminiscent of Lydia Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jim Abrahams

Director

Winona Ryder

Dinky Bossetti

Jeff Daniels

Denton Webb

Laila Robins

Elizabeth Zaks

Thomas Wilson Brown

Gerald Howells

Joan McMurtrey

Barbara `'Barbie'` Webb

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Synopsis Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels) and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder). An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
Director
Jim Abrahams
Producer
Penney Finkelman Cox
Production Co
Incorporated Television Company
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 20, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.5M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround
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