Return (I) (1985) User Reviews

No Emotional Deposit, No Return

[NoDakTatum · 5/10 · 8 November 2023]

If ever a film generates a complete feeling of indifference in a reviewer, this is it. A young woman finds a man who claims to hypnotically regress to the woman's grandfather, who was murdered years before. The woman's search opens up a big old can of worms, involving her unstable mother and political office seeking father (Frederic Forrest) who is going to run for governor of Arkansas. The film is short, seventy eight minutes, so the writer/director moves the plot along without spending too much time on intricate character development or suspense. The final "twist" is something you will see coming up the main street of your hometown. Even the normally reliable Forrest seems to have filmed all of his scenes in an afternoon. This is a supernatural thriller, without the supernatural thrills. The love affair is forced, and the cast must suffer through some stiff line readings. All in all, this will not change your life and it will not ruin it. Think of this as the last fast food meal you ate. Remember that? Me neither.

Oh WOW!

[christinedesler · 17 August 2003]

Ok, so it ISN'T movie of the year! But this short film is absolutely ASTONISHING! I wish I could explain it! I simply find it one of the greatest little movies in the world! The girl finds out a shrink of some sort has regressed this hunk of a guy into a past life, her grandfather's!!!!! She wants to unravel the truth about his past life, and romance ensues! Talk about wonderful confusion! Watch it!

The Source material deserves so much better....

[davidvincentwolf · 1/10 · 23 December 2021]

I thought the novel this film is based on was one of the best books I've ever read at the time. I read it originally as a teen a few years before this film came out. Sadly, everything about this low budget, thrown together film with no character development or chemistry between the actors does a disservice to anyone who read the book and probably discourages anyone from doing so that hasn't read it. However, let me highly recommend the novel by Donald Harington to anyone who was attracted or intrigued by the premise of this film. "Some Other Place, the Right Place", is a great novel, it sucks you in as you go on this journey of discovery with this young couple thrown together by fate and destiny.