This movie isn't about Roxy Carmichael coming home. How she got famous doesn't matter. What she looks like doesn't matter. What a legend everyone thinks she is doesn't matter. The point of this movie is much more profound. It is about the fantasies that we create in our minds. It is about the deep wants and hungers within us all, that nothing will actually ever satiate. It wasn't the fact that Gerald was still in love with Roxy Carmichael-it was the fact that he was in love with the idea of youth, a time past, and the unattainable. Dinky's story was slightly different-I think the theme there was more so about the lies we tell our selves, and sometimes the delusions that carry us through. A subtle side story was of the lesbian relationship between Evelyn and Roxy. I think its significance goes far beyond what you see the film because of the often silenced and unspoken nature of same-sex relationships. People who experience this may be left with a "Roxy Carmichael" Syndrome, (most likely in the same sense that Gerald had it, as they mostly only portrayed Evelyn as wanting to out dress her ex-best friend when she arrived). Highly recommended for film buffs and anyone.

A rather condescending view of small-town hoopla. I suppose the film is an extended character study. Nothing wrong with that, but the film fails to engage. Interesting, the only passing reference to a lesbian affair, or fling, between two of the peripheral characters. I wonder if some of that subplot ended up on the cutting room floor. Inspired performances by Winona Ryder and Laila Robins couldn't save this movie. Grade: C

This Film Is Better Than Citizen Kane for two reasons. The Ending Means Something to the Characters in the film, finding out what rosebud is means nothing to anybody except a faceless image in a news room. Who gets out of the limo in "Roxy" means everything to a small town in Ohio. The Story must have meaning for the characters in it, without it who really cares. After you see "Kane" once you know What rosebud is then the best part is the people who knew him, not Kane himself. Bringing us to the next point, if you don't like the main character than whats the point? i'm not saying i don't like Charles Kane, But i Already know he's dead from the begining the rest is filler. In "roxy" The audience cares about Dinky, what happens to her is important. She is there in the moment and that gives greater weight to Characters involved. (since everyone will disagree with this please keep in mind Wynnoa Is ten times hotter than Orson Welles skinny or not!)

One of the best qualities of this film is the soundtrack. From the Soulsearching "Let the Sun Shine Through" to the frank and rythmic "If You Don't Like What You See," this film has many exceptional lyrics.