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Return
Directed by
Liza Johnson
Not Rated
2011
1h 37m
Drama
6.0
83%
43%
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A soldier returns to her family, friends, and old job after a tour of duty, though she finds herself struggling to find her place in her everyday life.
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Cast of Return
Linda Cardellini
Kelli
Michael Shannon
Mike
John Slattery
Bud
Talia Balsam
Julie
Emma Rayne Lyle
Jackie
Paul Sparks
Ed
Louisa Krause
Shannon
Rosie Benton
Brooke
Rutanya Alda
Mrs. Miller
James Murtaugh
Mr. Miller
Liza Johnson
Director / Writer
Noah Harlan
Producer
Charles Birns
Producer
Ben Howe
Producer
Return Ratings & Reviews
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The writer-director is Liza Johnson, an artist, making her first picture and doing it with considerable grace.
Shockya.com
Brent Simon
A striking, humane, low-fi coming-home drama whose very title has a relaxed connotation that the movie robustly embodies.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It's a well-made but grim psychological melodrama.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Michael Nordine
Unique for how normal it is, and laudable for its humbleness.
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin
It's the brief glimpses of unsettling ordinariness -- ho-hum drug dependency, the joy of scoring a good plumbing job, the downsizing of a factory to two lone, lonely figures -- that gives Return its real punch
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
Cardellini's lovely performance is so vividly expressive in its soulful, anguished stillness.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
Liza Johnson's feature film debut tackles a tough subject and comes through with a passing grade. There will be more from her in the future.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
This quiet, naturalistic film has a classical arc and a lingering sting.
Slate
Dana Stevens
Finally someone has written a really good role for Linda Cardellini -- a big, prickly, demanding role that puts her onscreen in literally every scene -- and it's a thrill to watch her operating at full throttle.
Christian Science Monitor
Andy Klein
Shannon chalks up another line on his rapidly growing rsum of memorable performances. But it's mostly Cardellini's show -- she's in every scene.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Sincerity and restraint can be good things in independent movies, but not when you run the risk of putting the audience to sleep...
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A quietly devastating, powerful and poignant drama boasting an unflinchingly honest and well-nuanced performance by Linda Cardellini.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
With its modest scale and sharp observations, writer-director Liza Johnson's first feature has the quiet impact of a short story.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
You admire these characters for their considerable resilience while understanding that even the best-intentioned people can break under the stress.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Johnson's feel for the rhythms of reconnection are steady, and she and her fine actors make "Return" one of only a handful of films to honestly address what to many is heartbreaking reality.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Return is unusually attuned to its protagonist's alienation, which is especially painful because its source isn't some horrendous event she witnessed, but the hundreds of annoying aspects of everyday life.
Observer
Rex Reed
A bargain-budget bore by writer-director Liza Johnson about a female soldier back from a tour of active duty in Iraq who cannot adjust to life at home.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
Firmly in the unassuming indie vein, Return treads lightly and leaves little imprint.
Slant Magazine
Andrew Schenker
One late sequence ends with a twist that steers the film into a questionable bit of plotting that seems almost entirely at odds with the believable naturalism of the remainder of the movie.
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