Coming Home

Being a Vietnam Vet, I was appalled at this movie. I've never been fond of Jane Fonda, but this just made it worse. The depictions of the vets was totally outrageous and false. It's hard to believe that people came out... Full review

...remember correctly, this movie swept all the major oscars in 1978... if not, then I KNOW for sure that both Jane Fonda and Jon Voigt won Best Actor and Best Actress for their roles in this movie. It is a truly... Full review

Sally (Jane Fonda) has a husband fighting in Vietnam and she feels optimistic about American involvement there. However she works at a hospital as a nurse and soon becomes caretaker of a bitter war veteran named Luke (Jon Voight).At first,... Full review

"Coming Home" was the first Vietnam War movie that dealt with the soldiers' plight sympathetically. Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) is volunteering at the Veterans' Hospital in Los Angeles while her husband Bob (Bruce Dern) serves in Vietnam. In the process... Full review

I'd seen this movie a couple of times, the first time in the theater when it came out.At that time, it seemed we'd learned a lesson about war. Viet Nam was over.So watching it again last night was even more... Full review

The strength of "Coming Home" is its realistic portrayal of the emotional effects of war on individuals far removed from battle. In particular, the film calls attention to the difficulties, hardships, and trauma that paraplegic vets are forced to endure,... Full review

Without a single scene of combat footage, this story manages to convey, in realistically painful terms, how much Vietnam scarred the landscape of America. And this is only a fictional viewpoint. The true life accounts must be gut wrenching. No... Full review

Sadly and surprisingly relevant, "Coming Home" offers the perspective of one man who's war experience renders him not only paralyzed but unable to deny his own real life experience as a wartime soldier to the extent that he can continue... Full review

This is not another Vietnam movie.It does deal with the Vietnam war, but here we see how it affects the lives of two people: a disabled veteran and a woman he meets while recovering, whose husband is away fighting. These... Full review

I agree with most of the comments about the overall quality of the film. It was definitely a teamwork political statement. The soundtrack is stunning,not only in the selection of songs from the period - by far the best film... Full review

There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a former high-school classmate and Marine who has returned from 'Nam a bitter paraplegic. Left alone in Los Angeles when her gung-ho Marine husband Bob ( Bruce Dern ) heads to Vietnam in 1968, proper wife Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at the V.A. hospital where her new friend Vi ( Penelope Milford ) works. ... Full Review

Coming Home will be most welcome for those looking for an interesting and thought-provoking story about Vietnam veterans, and those that fought in the war that can overlook Fonda's involvement should find that much of the film rings true about their own experiences. ... Full Review

In the summer of 1972 as McGovern was dropping Eagleton from the ticket, Jane Fonda was broadcasting over Radio Hanoi, the plumbers breaking into Watergate eight leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War were indicted in Tallahassee, Florida, on charges ... Full Article

BY ROGER EBERT / January 1, 1978 Cast & Credits Jane Fonda (Sally Hyde), Jon Voight (Luke Martin), Bruce Dern (Bob Hyde), Robert Carradine (Bill Munson), Penelope Milford (Vi Munson), Robert Ginty (Sergeant Mobley), Rita Taggart (Johnson). ... Full Article