Reception
Coming Home premiered at the at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival where Voight won the award for Best Actor for his performance.
The film was released in America in February 1978; it was a popular success with audiences and generally received good reviews. Charles Champlin from Los Angeles Times commented that: "Despite an over explicit soundtrack and some moments when the story in fact became a sermon, the movie effectively translated a changed national consciousness into credible and touching personal terms". The Toronto Sun called the film The Best Years of Our Lives c. 1978 with the same high standards and the same lofty morals of an earlier era".
Coming Home currently holds an 81% "Fresh" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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