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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990 · 95 min

A tender, offbeat small-town story that balances quirky comedy with a lonely teenager's ache for belonging.

Directed by
Jim Abrahams
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
She doesn't want much. Just a whole new life.
Overview
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 and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. 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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Directed by
Jim Abrahams
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • family
  • celebrity
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jim Abrahams
Written by
Karen Leigh Hopkins
Starring
Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dinah Manoff, Laila Robins, Thomas Wilson Brown, Joan McMurtrey, Graham Beckel
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
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