Home (2013 film)

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Directed byJono Oliver
Written byJono Oliver
Produced byDaniela Barbosa
Ged Dickersin
Starring Gbenga Akinnagbe
Danny Hoch
Joe Morton
Tawny Cypress
K.K. Moggie
James McDaniel
CinematographySung Rae Cho
Edited byUlysses Guidotti
Music by Gingger Shankar
Release date
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Home is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Jono Oliver and starring Gbenga Akinnagbe, Danny Hoch, Joe Morton, Tawny Cypress, K.K. Moggie and James McDaniel.

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Cast

Release

The film was released theatrically in Manhattan on November 22, 2013. [1] Then it was released on DVD and on-demand on March 25, 2014. [2]

Reception

The film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews. [3]

Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Oliver is off to a promising start. Let’s hope it’s enough to get his next go-round a wider theatrical release." [2]

Inkoo Kang of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "The great achievement in writer-director Jono Oliver’s poignant, superb debut, Home, lies in the balance between the film’s empathy for those like Jack who seek independence and its compassion for others who may need care indefinitely." [4]

The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review: "This movingly understated drama benefits from strong performances and incisive characterizations." [5]

Miriam Bale of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "With awkward slow-motion effects, clunky transitions and pregnant zooms that seem conspicuously in the wrong speed or otherwise a little off, Mr. Oliver’s film aims for a glossy mainstream aesthetic without the budget or skills to match." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bale, Miriam (November 21, 2013). "A Place, and Prescription, of One's Own". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Hornaday, Ann; O'Sullivan, Michael; Merry, Stephanie (March 28, 2014). "Watch online: 'Mistaken for Strangers,' 'Dead Snow,' 'Home'". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. "Home". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. Kang, Inkoo (November 21, 2013). "Review: 'Home' a moving search of one mentally ill man's place". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  5. THR Staff (November 21, 2013). "Home: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2022.