Home Again

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hallie Meyers-Shyer directs. Dean Cundey behind the camera. John Debney scores. David Bilow cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 9 years ago.
• 2Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, shot by Dean Cundey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor David Bilow shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Reese Witherspoon and Nat Wolff and Jon Rudnitsky carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "Starting over is not for beginners.".
• 7IMDB entry: tt5719700 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Original score

John Debney

Editing

David Bilow

Production design

Ellen Brill

Costume design

Kate Brien Kitz

Makeup / hair

Tracey Levy

Sound

Tateum Kohut

Stunt coordinator

Clay Cullen

Runtime

97 min · 1h 37m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$12,000,000

Box office

$27,020,284

Return

225% of budget

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Home Again (2017) ↗

Also by

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official
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  Official Teaser Trailer

  Teaser · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2018-02-04
  ★ 7/10

  Midlife crisis, and to begin life afresh! We the viewers ask for something different, and here's the one. This was slightly different than the usual films. Only on the characters, but the story was pretty much the same like about jealousness. The story of a middle aged woman and to begin the life again. Alice a daughter of a famous filmmaker, is not all happy in her life after the marriage is at in the risk of collapse. Then suddenly all changes when three youngsters she meets at the club. What follows after is to enlighten her life, but not everything's going to be fine. It could be more trouble than the solution she's hoping for, especially for a long term in mind. So what are those issues and how it resolved were told in the remaining parts. From a new director. She wrote it as well. I've seen many women director's films in this year than any other. They are making revolution here. This is actually a decent film, but surely not a bad one as you have heard. Reese Witherspoon was awesome. She always good at such roles. So basically this film is for her to watch. But the three young actors too was not bad. The story was better, especially how it all ended. This is for the gown ups, above 25-30 years old people. Because of how everything revolved, only they can understand it better. And also for the open minded people, because it's about the modern moral thing like traditional sentiments in a relationship were removed to narrate this tale. So definitely a decent film to watch once in my opinion! 7/10

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Black Bicycle Entertainment

  US

• WA

  Waverly Films

  US

Key crew

• Stunt CoordinatorClay Cullen
• Supervising Sound EditorKami Asgar
• Sound Effects EditorTrevor Metz
• Costume SupervisorJo Kissack Folsom
• Sound Re-Recording MixerTateum Kohut
• Sound Effects EditorPaul Pirola
• Supervising Sound EditorErin Oakley
• Makeup ArtistTracey Levy
• Makeup Department HeadDavid Forrest
• Sound Re-Recording MixerGreg Orloff
• Set DresserTroy Gianopoulos
• Hair Department HeadBarbara Lorenz
• EditorDavid Bilow
• ProducerErika Olde
• ProducerNancy Meyers
• Costume DesignKate Brien Kitz
• Executive ProducerJeremiah Samuels
• Production DesignEllen Brill
• Script SupervisorSusan Malerstein
• Stunt CoordinatorCharles Croughwell
• Second Unit First Assistant DirectorDavid M. Bernstein
• Associate ProducerTanja Tawadjoh

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• chance
• love
• hollywood
• los angeles, california
• family
• woman director

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2017-09-08PG-13
• Physical2017-12-12PG-13

Also known as

International titles

• De vuelta a casa (Home Again)ES
• De vuelta a casaES
• un cœur à prendreFR
• De Volta para Casa [Home Again] (2018)BR