Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael is a 1990 American comedy-drama film starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels. The film's main character is a 15-year-old girl named Dinky Bossetti . Dinky was adopted as a baby. She appears to have little acceptance in her social circle, although it is not obvious which came first - her antisocial attitude or her being rejected by her peers. Her adoptive mother is disappointed that the daughter she chose has no interest in "feminine" things, such as makeup and nice clothing. Her classmates ostracise, taunt, and throw things at her regularly. Dinky finds solace in... her "Ark", a small cabin-boat beached on a lake shore. In and around the boat, Dinky has collected a menagerie of abandoned animals. As the story begins, Dinky is befriended by a new school guidance counselor, who recognizes her intelligence and spirit. Dinky becomes convinced that she is the abandoned daughter of Roxy Carmichael, a minor film star who left town for Hollywood 15 years ago after giving birth to a baby girl out of wedlock. Miss Carmichael has been invited to return to town to assist in the dedication of a new municipal building, and she has accepted.
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| Release date: | October 12, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Jim Abrahams |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | Penney Finkelman Cox |
| Editor: | Bruce Green |
| Music by: | Melissa Etheridge, Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography: | Paul Elliott, Paul Elliott |
| Screenplay by: | Karen Leigh Hopkins |
| Genre: | Comedy |