Coming Home Again
Overview
As his mother (Jackie Chung) continues to struggle with a debilitating illness, Changrae (Justin Chon), a Korean American, must put his life on hold to become her sole caregiver. In return for her son's selflessness, his mother begins to teach him traditional Korean cooking, restoring her son's passion for his heritage with each new dish. Directed by Wayne Wang. Christina July Kim and John Lie co-star.
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Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 86
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 712267411726
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: NR
- Release Date: March 2021
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"As the mother, Jackie Chung is heartbreaking. Frail and losing a painful battle to stomach cancer, she questions her choices, delicately pressing Chang-rae to examine their relationship." - 10/22/2020 Los Angeles Times
"[T]he emotions accumulate nicely, with a subtle payoff about the ways we are shaped, both by our parent’s gifts and their mistakes." - 10/22/2020 Washington Post
"In the master scene that comes late in the film, Chang-rae fixes a magnificent dinner for New Year’s Eve, using all his mother’s recipes." - 09/13/2019 Hollywood Reporter
"An intimate chamber piece that tightly interlaces remembrances of food and family, Wayne Wang’s quietly sensitive COMING HOME AGAIN adapts Chang-rae Lee’s award-winning 1995 New Yorker essay..." - 09/10/2019 Variety
"In Wang, a key figure in the history of Asian-American cinema par excellence, Lee’s words found the ideal interpreter. The director is deliberately austere in his choices..." - 10/23/2020 RogerEbert.com
"COMING HOME AGAIN looks at the impending loss of a loved one through the prism of the immigrant experience." - 10/22/2020 New York Times
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