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I Want to Go Home (1989)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

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American humorist Jules Feiffer and French director Alain Resnais are oddly paired for this satirical comedy about an American cartoonist in Paris. Adolph Green is a stunner as Joey Wellman, a cantankerous American cartoonist traveling abroad for the first time. In tow is Lena Apthrop (Linda Lavin), and the two are ostensibly journeying to Paris to attend a comic-strip exhibition in which Wellman's work is included. But it turns out the exhibition is just an excuse for Wellman to track down his

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy, Special Interest

Directed By: Alain Resnais

Written By: Jules Feiffer

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Feb 19, 2008

Cast

Adolph Green
Joey Wellman
G�rard Depardieu
Christian Gauthier
Linda Lavin
Lena Apthrop
Laura Benson
Elise Wellman
Micheline Presle
Isabelle Gauthier
Geraldine Chaplin
Tery Armstrong
John Ashton
Harry Dempsey
Caroline Sihol
Dora Dempsey
Fran�ois-Eric Gendron
Cohn-Martin
Catherine Arditi
Fran�oise Bertin
Emmanuelle Chaulet
Secretary of Gauthier
Lucienne Hamon
Mrs Roget
Anne Roussel
The tired woman
Ludivine Sagnier

Critic Reviews for I Want to Go Home

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Resnais and Feiffer make for an odd pairing, as their satire falls almost flat on its face because it lacks wit, charm and sensibility.

February 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The film never ceases to be obnoxious.

March 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

"I much prefer Daffy Duck to Donald Duck." Finally a pens�e I can get behind.

February 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

I Want to Go Home has a splenetic oddball quality at odds with the evanescent tendencies of Alain Resnais' later films.

February 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

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What a mess. Resnais must have been drunk when he made this. A satire about American-French relations with a bizarre cast. Adolph Green gives one of the most obnoxious performances ever as an American cartoonist who goes to Paris to visit his estranged daughter. Depardieu can't speak proper English. The film

July 30, 2008