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About
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Theatrical
Sep 18, 1998
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 16, 1999
Director
Writer
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Music
Studio
Universal Pictures, Monarch Pictures, Ufland
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Quotes
See all →Homecoming Reflections and Gratitude
Kate
Welcome! There's no place like home!
[''dressed as Dorothy'']
Ellen
Thank God.
[''silently, to herself'']
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Ease of Choosing Happiness
Kate
It's so much easier to be happy. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is that you're imagining you're missing. It is so much more peaceful.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →M
Meryl Streep
Kate Gulden
R
Renée Zellweger
Ellen Gulden
W
William Hurt
George Gulden
T
Tom Everett Scott
Brian Gulden
L
Lauren Graham
Jules
N
Nicky Katt
Jordan Belzer
J
James Eckhouse
District Attorney
P
Patrick Breen
Mr. Tweedy
G
Gerrit Graham
Oliver Most
D
David Byron
Senator Sullivan
S
Stephen Peabody
Harold
L
Lizbeth Mackay
Dr. Cohen
M
Mary Catherine Wright
Clarice
S
Sloane Shelton
Mrs. Best
M
Michele Shay
June
B
Bobo Lewis
Muriel
M
Marylouise Burke
Louisa
M
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Marcia
D
Diana Canova
Diana
J
John Deyle
Santa / Mayor
