Coming Home (1978)

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Hal Ashby

Producer:

Bruce Gilbert, Jerome Hellman

Writer:

Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones, Nancy Dowd

Release Date:

Feb 15, 1978

Runtime:

2hr 7m

Synopsis

In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.

Cast

  • Jane Fonda
  • Jon Voight
  • Bruce Dern
  • Penelope Milford
  • Robert Carradine
  • Robert Ginty
  • Mary Gregory
  • Kathleen Miller
  • Beeson Carroll
  • Willie Tyler

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Apr 17, 2020

    how much do you think jane fonda hated having a republican lick her titty

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    eely 👻
    eely 👻
    May 11, 2020

    Revisited after many years. Not my fave Ashby but I love how he tackles the emotionally and physically damaged lives of veterans and their civil rights through a very human, complicated love story. Due to lack of time, I can't add much to these logs for now. :( Maybe…

    173 Likes
    Sean Baker
    Sean Baker
    Mar 31, 2025

    Look, I do, too, hate what Fonda’s character, Sally Hyde, did to her husband while he was away in the service. But I won’t go into it further, as it’s better left to each viewer’s personal judgment. If we ask the question, ‘Can any film about war be anti-war?’ Coming Home…

    125 Likes
    Rizki
    Rizki
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    How does Hal Ashby get these songs? Each one should cost the entire movie's budget. Coming Home is one of those movies that sneaks up on you. I didn't think I was hooked until Hal had already pulled the rug out from under me. It's gentle, but the subtle intensity behind…

    120 Likes
    Jackson
    Jackson
    Mar 28, 2021

    Her husband was sent off to fight in Vietnam, so she looked to occupy her time by helping those who had already returned home broken by the war. But her passion for one of these damaged men ended up becoming far greater than she ever imagined. "What I'm saying is! I…

    95 Likes
    Justin Peterson
    Justin Peterson
    Mar 29, 2018

    from Top Ten By Year: 1978 #5 Three years after the Fall of Saigon there were two Best Picture nominees that directly dealt with Vietnam. One was the wholly masculine collapse-of-camaraderie film The Deer Hunter. The other was the far more liberal-minded Coming Home,…

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    Catherine Stebbins
    Catherine Stebbins
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    Jun 13, 2015

    Basically the most heartbreaking mix tape ever made

    78 Likes
    Andrew Boley
    Andrew Boley
    Jan 5, 2021

    This one is a long time coming (no pun intended). I've been hearing so much about this movie and I've been trying to watch this baby for a long time but this film is like the exterior and I am the guests in El Angel Exterminador, basically for some unexplicable reason I…

    73 Likes
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
    Jul 26, 2021

    It’s 1968, and the Vietnam War rages on. Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda), a military wife, has her eyes opened when she starts volunteering at a veteran’s hospital, seeing first hand the consequences of the conflict. She forms a close relationship with paraplegic former soldier…

    65 Likes
    Josh Gillam
    Josh Gillam

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    By the end of the movie, something very raw and something very real. A powerful film

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Based on 9 Critics
7.3

USER SCORE (4)

Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Reviews
50

The film has less to do with politics, women's or otherwise, than with a very conventional notion of the redemptive power of mother love. Which would be all right if director Hal Ashby had managed to mount it effectively—he hasn't though, and the results are dramatically incoherent.

Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
100

It confronts the relationship between Fonda and Voight with unusual frankness -- and with emotional tenderness and subtlety that is, if anything, even harder to portray.

Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
50

Strong, stinging triangle of two Vietnam vets and one wife.

Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Coming Home (1978) (1978) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Coming Home (1978) (1978)?
The movie is 2hr 7min long.
What's Coming Home (1978) (1978) about?
In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
Who's the cast of Coming Home (1978) (1978)?
  • Jane Fonda as Sally Hyde
  • Jon Voight as Luke Martin
  • Bruce Dern as Capt. Bob Hyde
  • Penelope Milford as Vi Munson
  • Robert Carradine as Bill Munson
  • Robert Ginty as Sgt. Dink Mobley
  • Mary Gregory as Martha Vickery
  • Kathleen Miller as Kathy Delise
  • Beeson Carroll as Capt. Earl Delise
  • Willie Tyler as Virgil
Who's the director behind Coming Home (1978) (1978)?
Hal Ashby directed Coming Home (1978) (1978).
Who produced Coming Home (1978) (1978)?
Bruce Gilbert and Jerome Hellman produced Coming Home (1978) (1978).