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House of D (2005)

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Reviews Counted:99

Fresh:10

Rotten:89

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: A sincere but inept coming of age story.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A comical and touching portrait of a boy’s coming of age in 1970s Greenwich Village, Lions Gate Films’ HOUSE OF D is the feature film writing and directing debut of actor David Duchovny, and stars... A comical and touching portrait of a boy’s coming of age in 1970s Greenwich Village, Lions Gate Films’ HOUSE OF D is the feature film writing and directing debut of actor David Duchovny, and stars Anton Yelchin, Téa Leoni, David Duchovny, Robin Williams, Erykah Badu and Frank Langella. The year is 1973, and thirteen-year-old Tommy Warshaw (Anton Yelchin) is on the brink of becoming a man. While his bereaved single mother (Téa Leoni) continues to mourn the death of his father, Tommy escapes his own grief by causing trouble at school and making afternoon meat deliveries with his best friend Pappas (Robin Williams), a slow-witted janitor. Hoping to win the heart of Melissa (Zelda Williams), a precocious uptown girl, Tommy seeks advice and guidance from Lady (Erykah Badu), a prostitute incarcerated in the infamous Greenwich Village Women’s House of Detention. But just as Tommy enjoys his first taste of love, he is faced with an unexpected tragedy that will radically alter the course of his life – and compel the adult Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny), thirty years later, to revisit his unfinished past… Vividly capturing the spirit of youth in all its giddiness and intensity, HOUSE OF D examines with humor and pathos the harrowing journey every young boy must take into adulthood. Sensitively directed and bolstered by affectionate portrayals from a talented cast, it is a winning, hopeful story about overcoming loss and coming to terms with one’s past. © -- Lions Gate Films [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni, David Duchovny

Starring: Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni, David Duchovny, Erykah Badu, Orlando Jones, Stephen Spinella, Frank Langella, Michael Chapman, Mark Margolis, Alice Drummond, Willie Garson

Director: David Duchovny

Director: David Duchovny
Screenwriter: David Duchovny
Producer: Richard B. Lewis, Bob Yari, Jane Rosenthal
Composer: Geoff Zanelli
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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David Duchovny wants to tell an important story. He wants his writing-directing debut to be the heaviest, most life-altering movie you've ever seen. He doesn't quite get there.

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04/15/05
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04/30/05
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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
AV Club

The reasons to avoid House of D, David Duchovny's earnest, unwatchable coming-of-age drama, can best be summarized in a simple declarative sentence. Robin Williams plays a retarded janitor.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/14/05
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Goes from bad to unbearable in a single scene.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/28/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

A heartfelt, if wildly uneven, character piece. When even Robin Williams seems vaguely embarrassed ... it should be taken as a clear sign to throttle back on the sentiment.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
04/28/05
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

There is nothing particularly wrong with it, but there is little compelling to command your attention, either.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
04/14/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

What should be a 10-minute anecdote turns into a sluggish and overly sentimental tale that won't hold the interest of anyone outside Duchovny's immediate family.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/28/05
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic

A loose-knit coming-of-age tale for which perhaps the best word is baffling...

Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine | comment Comment
04/15/05
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Now Playing Magazine

It's a heartfelt production, and a tough one to kick around, but to recommend it on intentions alone would be making many innocent people suffer.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
04/27/05
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
FilmJerk.com

So ineptly written and directed by Duchovny, and so poorly performed by Duchovny and Robin Williams in particular, that it is embarrassing to watch.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/29/05
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

Clanks on nearly every level.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
04/29/05
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
Sacramento Bee

Less successful with these sentimentally embroidered holy fools and fairy-tale damsels than with its nicely drawn relationship between Tommy and Melissa.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
04/28/05
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

This movie tries so hard; it's practically begging for you to like it - but being earnest isn't enough.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
04/29/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

This sort of tommyrot might make you cry, but so would getting smacked in the face with a bag of onions, which is what watching the movie is like.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
04/28/05
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The movie is Exhibit A of what can happen when an actor is allowed to pursue a vanity project without outside intervention.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/14/05
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

There exists a difference between stylized dialogue and trite, hackneyed dialogue.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/02/05
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com

Duchovny displays a firm sense of time and place and genuine affection for all his characters, offering up plenty of amusing running gags and, most courageously, unabashed emotion.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
04/29/05
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
 
 
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