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- 1990
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary A small town prepares for the homecoming of superstar Roxy Carmichael, as does a young outsider, who believes Roxy is her mother.
Directed By: Jim Abrahams
Written By: Karen Leigh Hopkins
- 1990
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
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Summary A small town prepares for the homecoming of superstar Roxy Carmichael, as does a young outsider, who believes Roxy is her mother.
Directed By: Jim Abrahams
Written By: Karen Leigh Hopkins
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Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
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5 Reviews
53% Mixed
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10 Reviews
21% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
44
26% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Best of all is Winona Ryder, who gets to play a brilliant teenager, as she did in ''Heathers.'' It's almost automatically comical to hear such a clear, emphatic and intelligent voice coming out of a kid. But Ryder also works that oddness for dramatic advantage, creating with Dinky the sense of a great spirit temporarily stuck in a child's body. [12 Oct 1990, p.E3]
Winona Ryder, who stars as brooding teen Dinky Bossetti, is the one good thing about ''Roxy.'' She has talent enough to transcend the script: I actually cared about the ending, when Dinky finds out whether Roxy Carmichael is her real mother. If only getting there had been more fun. [18 Oct 1990, p.6E]
Fans of Winona Ryder will definitely want to catch her in an offbeat role as the town rebel in this teen-oriented smalltown saga; unfortunately, the rest of the production doesn't quite match up.
There are a few piquant ironies at work, but the selling point is Ryder, again doing her coming-of-age turn for the camera, with a performance that wavers between gangling fragility and a tough-girl Matt Dillonism. Otherwise, the movie falls flat, because of its leaden pacing, and because deep down it believes in the moral imperative of having perfect hair and teeth.
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael isn't truly terrible, it's truly confused. It's as though director Jim Abrahams wanted to do heartfelt comedy-drama but couldn't quite shake off the wicked edge of his alma mater, ZAZ: Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, the dementos behind "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun."
The wrong version of Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael must have been released, because this sloppy-looking film never should have been allowed into theaters. [11 Oct 1990]
Major surgery has been known to take less time and give more pleasure than this forgettable flick. [13 Oct 1990]
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