Home Again ( 2017 film ) - wikipedia Home Again ( 2017 film ) Home Again Theatrical release poster Directed by Hallie Meyers - Shyer Produced by Erika Olde Nancy Meyers Written by Hallie Meyers - Shyer Starring Reese Witherspoon Nat Wolff Jon Rudnitsky Pico Alexander Lake Bell Reid Scott Dolly Wells Michael Sheen Candice Bergen Jen Kirkman Music by John Debney Cinematography Dean Cundey Edited by David Bilow Production company Black Bicycle Entertainment Waverly Films Distributed by Open Road Films Release date August 29, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 29 ) ( Los Angeles ) September 8, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 08 ) ( United States ) Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $12 million Box office $37.3 million Home Again is a 2017 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Hallie Meyers - Shyer, in her directorial debut. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Pico Alexander, Michael Sheen and Candice Bergen, and follows a 40 - year - old single mother who allows three young aspiring filmmakers to live with her in her Los Angeles home. The film was released on September 8, 2017, by Open Road Films and grossed $37 million worldwide. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Filming 4 Release 4.1 Home Media 4.2 Box office 4.3 Critical response 5 References 6 External links Synopsis Alice Kinney is the daughter of film director John Kinney, who made several prominent personal - focused films in his life but passed away some years ago. As she hits her fortieth birthday, Alice is currently separated from her husband Austen, who has stayed in New York in his role as a music producer while Alice has moved back into her father 's Los Angeles home with her daughters, Isabel and Rosie, to be near to her mother, Lillian. Alice is also attempting to start her own interior design business. While out for a drink with her friends, Alice encounters Harry, George and Teddy, three aspiring filmmakers in LA to make a pitch to possible producers after a short film they presented at a film festival received positive acclaim. Despite the three being in their late twenties, they hit it off with Alice and her friends, with Alice nearly sleeping with Harry before he passes out from intoxication. The next morning, George discovers a room containing John Kinney 's old scripts and awards and realizes Alice 's family history just as Lillian, Isabel and Rosie return from the girls ' night with their grandmother. Alice takes the girls to school while Lillian offers the young men breakfast, and is so won over by their compliments of John 's old films that she offers them the guest house while they make their pitch. As the three stay in the house, they all become an important part of Alice 's routine, as she develops a potential romantic interest in Harry while Teddy helps her set up a web site for her business. George encourages Isabel to enter a script - writing contest at school as part of an effort to pursue her own literary aspirations, with Isabel coming to rely on George for emotional support to deal with anxiety issues when it comes to her writing. The three young men also meet with Justin Miller, a director who is interested in funding their own project despite his past work focusing on horror movies. As Alice and Harry grow closer, she invites him to join her for a dinner with a couple of her friends, but Harry has a meeting with Miller about further funding opportunities that runs over, prompting Alice to call off their potential romantic relationship the following morning. Depressed when she realises that her first potential client has basically been treating her more like general hired help without taking any of her design suggestions seriously, Alice is further thrown when Austen unexpectedly arrives in Los Angeles, claiming that he is uncomfortable about having three strangers living with his family. When Harry learns that Teddy and George have been pursuing independent projects, he becomes bitter at the belief that they have no faith in his own work, prompting him to leave the house. Teddy 's dislike of Austen 's subtle manipulations culminates in a fight between the two just as Alice returns from picking up her daughters from school, but although Alice agrees with Austen that it may be time for the others to move out, she informs Austen that she wants an official divorce. George and Teddy reconcile with Harry and find their own flat, with Harry accepting the other two 's decision to pursue other opportunities on top of their own work. A week later, Alice visits the boys ' new flat to apologise for how things turned out, assuring them that she still wants them to be a part of her family. Harry apologises to Alice, declaring that she 's too good for him. On the day of Isabel 's school play, the three men have a meeting with a potential investor in their project, but when the meeting overruns and the client expresses ideas that are not in line with their own vision of the film, Harry cuts it short so that they can get to the play, just making it in time for the start. George 's presence backstage reassures a nervous Isabel, while he is also implied to hit it off with her teacher. That evening, the strange ' family ' have a dinner to celebrate Isabel 's success, with Rosie noting that the play was actually based on their own lives. Cast Reese Witherspoon as Alice Kinney, Austen 's wife and Isabel and Rosie 's mother, a mother of two, recently separated from her husband and trying to start an interior design business Pico Alexander as Harry Dorsey, Alice 's love interest, Teddy 's brother and one of three aspiring filmmakers Alice meets on her birthday, acting as their short film 's director Jon Rudnitsky as George Appleton, a perceptive scriptwriter who forms a bond with Isabel and is also in love with Alice Nat Wolff as Teddy Dorsey, Harry 's brother, and the lead actor in the trio 's film Michael Sheen as Austen Blume, Alice 's estranged New - York - based record producer husband and Isabel and Rosie 's father Candice Bergen as Lillian Stewart, Alice 's mother and a former actress. Lake Bell as Zoey Bell, a client of Alice 's nascent interior design business Reid Scott as Justin Miller, a film director interested in making the trio 's short into a feature Lola Flanery as Isabel Blume - Kinney, Austen and Alice 's elder daughter and Rosie 's sister, who experiences anxiety about her new school Eden Grace Redfield as Rosie Blume - Kinney, Austen and Alice 's younger daughter and Isabel 's sister Dolly Wells as Tracy, Alice 's best friend Jen Kirkman as Kori, Alice 's friend Production In May 2016, it was announced Rose Byrne had been cast in the film, with Hallie Meyers - Shyer writing and directing, and Nancy Meyers and Erika Olde serving as producers, under their Blake Bicycle Entertainment banner. In August 2016, it was announced Reese Witherspoon had been set to star in the film, replacing Byrne. In October 2016, Candice Bergen, Michael Sheen and Reid Scott joined the cast, and in November 2016, Jon Rudnitsky, Lake Bell, Nat Wolff, and Pico Alexander joined as well. Filming Principal photography began in November 2016, and concluded after 30 days. Release In September 2016, Open Road Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released in the United States on September 8, 2017. Home Media Home Again was released on Digital HD on November 21, 2017. A DVD and Blu - ray was released on December 12, 2017 by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Box Office As of May 14, 2018, Home Again has grossed $27 million in the United States and Canada, and $10.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $37.3 million, against a production budget of $12 million. In North America, Home Again was released alongside It, and was projected to gross $10 -- 12 million from 2,940 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $300,000 from Thursday night previews and $3.1 million on its first day. It went on to debut to $8.6 million, finishing second at the box office, behind It ( $123.4 million ). In its second weekend, the film dropped 38 % to $5.3 million, finishing fourth, behind It and newcomers American Assassin and Mother !. Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 32 % based on 121 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Home Again gathers a talented crowd of rom - com veterans on both sides of the camera -- all of whom have unfortunately done far better work. '' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized average rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` B '' on an A+ to F scale. References Jump up ^ `` HOME AGAIN ( 12A ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved August 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Home Again ( 2017 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 17, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Home Again ( 2017 ) ''. The Numbers. Retrieved May 14, 2018. Jump up ^ Jafaar, Ali ( May 10, 2016 ). `` Rose Byrne In Talks To Board Hallie Meyers - Shyer 's ' Home Again ' -- Cannes ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( August 4, 2016 ). `` Reese Witherspoon in Talks to Star in ' Home Again ' ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Busch, Anita ( October 11, 2016 ). `` Candice Bergen, Michael Sheen Join Hallie Meyers - Shyer 's Comedy ' Home Again ' ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ N'Duka, Amanda ( October 11, 2016 ). `` Reid Scott Joins Reese Witherspoon In ' Home Again ' ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Galuppo, Mia ( November 2, 2016 ). `` ' SNL ' Alum Jon Rudnitsky Joins Reese Witherspoon in ' Home Again ' ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ N'Duka, Amanda ( November 8, 2016 ). `` Reese Witherspoon 's ' Home Again ' Adds Pico Alexander ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Tetten, Sarah ( November 5, 2016 ). `` Reese Weary - spoon ! Actress looks tired but glamorous on film set as she puts on leggy display in chic red dress ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Pederson, Erik ( September 21, 2016 ). `` Open Road Going ' Home Again ' With Reese Witherspoon Pic ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Busch, Anita ( April 6, 2017 ). `` ' Home Again ' Starring Reese Witherspoon Gets Release Date From Open Road ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Box Office To Wake Up From Long Summer 's Nap As ' It ' Happens With $60 Ms Opening, Possible $70 M -- Preview ''. 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External links Official website Home Again on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Home_Again_(2017_film)&oldid=842360229 '' Categories : 2017 films English - language films American films American comedy films Films set in Los Angeles Open Road Films films Directorial debut films Films scored by John Debney Hidden categories : Articles containing potentially dated statements from May 2018 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Magyar 日本 語 Polski Русский Українська 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 21 May 2018, at 23 : 27. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who plays alice's mom in home again
Answer: Candice Bergen