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A Home at the End of the World (2004)

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Reviews Counted:109

Fresh:53

Rotten:56

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Bobby and Jonathan have been inseparable since they were teenagers in suburban Ohio. Bobby has suffered many losses for someone so young, and is starved for love and affection. Awkward teen... Bobby and Jonathan have been inseparable since they were teenagers in suburban Ohio. Bobby has suffered many losses for someone so young, and is starved for love and affection. Awkward teen Jonathan has a nice family, and a particularly wonderful mother (Sissy Spacek). The boys not only become as close as brothers, but they also experiment sexually. The two lose touch, but find each other again in their mid-20s in the early 1980s, when Bobby (Colin Farrell) moves to New York and joins Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) at the apartment he shares with Clare (Robin Wright Penn), an aging hippie. Bobby and Clare become lovers, however, Clare had planned to have a child with Jonathan, who is now openly gay and who is still interested in Bobby, and to whom Clare used to be attracted. The trio becomes its own unique entity, questioning the traditional definitions of family and love, and dealing with the complications of their love triangle. Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Cunningham, who also wrote the screenplay and who was the recipient of the Pulitzer prize, this film marks the debut of director Michael Mayer. Erik Smith plays Bobby as a teenager, and Harris Allen plays the teenage Jonathan. [More]

Starring: Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek

Starring: Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek

Director: Michael Mayer

Director: Michael Mayer
Screenwriter: Michael Cunningham
Producer: Tom Hulce, John Hart, Pamela Koffler, Hunt Lowry, Katie Roumel, Jeff Sharp, Christine Vachon, John Wells
Composer: Duncan Sheik
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Narrative wobbles a tremulous line between heartfelt and glib, keeping just within the confines of realistic emotion and credulity.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
07/27/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Cunningham's 1990 novel makes an assured, if not entirely satisfying, transition to the big screen in this terrifically acted exploration of the bonds that transcend traditional notions of family.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/27/04
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
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Far from being groundbreaking independent cinema, A Home feels like just another prefab production.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/27/04
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

Mayer, a theater director making his film debut, has a sure hand with the finely calibrated emotions of his ensemble, and the intricately knotted chain of love, dependence, and dissatisfaction that twines them together.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
07/27/04
Sara Brady
Sara Brady
Premiere Magazine

... everything about this movie was so contrived and it feels so written.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
07/26/04
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

The first third of "A Home At The End Of The World" is simply wonderful.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
07/25/04
Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

Farrell's portray of Bobby and author Cunningham's sadistic story, ultimately deep six A Home at the End of the World.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
07/24/04
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Attempts to cram too much information into a 95-minute feature. Fortunately, there is enough that is exquisitely good to make up for many of its narrative downfalls.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
07/24/04
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

We never fully know what those characters are thinking or feeling.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
07/24/04
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

With no overblown pretensions...tells an engaging story about sympathetic folks finding their way in a never over-simplified world.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
07/23/04
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Nostalgia, it is no good --

Full Review Source: Pasadena Weekly | comment Comment
07/23/04
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

Would it help if I called it the year’s worst must-see film? Didn’t think so.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
07/23/04
Brett Buckalew
Brett Buckalew
FilmStew.com

A Home at the End of the World can get a tad long, but its beautiful story and spectacular performances allow it that small mute faux pas.

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
07/23/04
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

An intriguing look at an unconventional definition of family, whose members don't speak in Hollywood clichés.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
07/23/04
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

A perfect example of how a top-flight cast can compensate for unimaginative filmmaking.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/23/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The problem is not just that Bobby is hard to believe but that he's not interesting enough to make us want to believe him.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/23/04
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

The funny and heartfelt Home is a small treasure.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
07/23/04
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

Farrell and his equally fine co-stars Wright and Roberts comprise an embattled but fiercely loving trio whom you care about deeply, even if A Home at the End of the World ultimately fails to realize the promise of its absorbing first half.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
07/23/04
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

It is at once too fast, too slow and rarely engaging on a gut level.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
07/23/04
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger

A peculiarly bloodless variation on Jules and Jim suffused with the kind of pretentious gentility that some critics will mistake for seriousness.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/23/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
 
 
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