"Home Again" (2017)

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Comedy

Directed By: Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Written By: Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Released: September 8^th, 2017

Studio: Open Road Films

Summary:

Recently separated from her husband, Alice Kinney decides to start over by moving back to Los Angeles with her two daughters. While celebrating her 40th birthday, Alice meets Harry, George and Teddy, three young filmmakers who need a place to live. Complications soon arise when she agrees to let the men stay in her guesthouse temporarily. As Alice develops a budding romance with Harry, her newfound happiness comes crashing down when her ex shows up with a suitcase in his hand.

Review:

I really enjoyed this film. It’s very light-hearted and easy going. It reminded me a lot of The Holiday. It had a similar score and similar atmosphere. No real badness to it at all.

That being said, there’s not great umph to it either. It’s easily forgettable plot-wise and in a sense character-wise. Although, they are all likable, they’re also considerably blah on their own. Together they manage to ignite some empathy in us as an audience. The plot is very structured and formulaic which isn’t too bad a thing I think, but it is probably one of the reasons it could have been better than what it ended up being. What I did like about it was the characters’ relationships between one another. The friendships that formed over the course of the film were incredibly sweet and surprisingly endearing in a way that kind of sneaks up on you.

Reese Witherspoon is the saving grace of this film. Without her as the lead it would have surely fallen flat on its face. Of course the rest of the cast does its best what its given, but hers is the performance that rightly stands out above all else.

 If you’re looking for something that will make you smile, something you can unwind with at the end of a long day, and something that will make you feel warm inside, stream this the next time you’re sifting through Netflix.

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