Home

There are so many cliché sayings about home and what it means for all of us. For Marvin, his return home is not of the triumphant hero or the weary traveller, he is simply returning home because he has nowhere else to go. This is a mix of the prodigal son and a journey of redemption and forgiveness, but mostly a story about someone who knows nothing more than where home is. 

Released from prison after many years for murder, Marvin (Jake McLaughlin) returns to his home town and his sick mother, Bernadette (Kathy Bates). While trying to adjust to life on the outside, he continues to wrestle with his demons, believing he hasn’t atoned enough for his crime. When the family of the elderly woman he murdered find out about his return, they too want further justice. Despite all this, he strikes up a tentative friendship with Delta (Aisling Francoisi), a young single mother, just trying to survive by selling drugs. 

Full review over at Filmhounds HERE.