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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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The movie never gels. It lies there, flat and unconvincing, with little spurts of florid melodrama.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
04/28/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It's like someone's sad idea of what a heartwarming drama about adolescence should be.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
04/28/05
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

House of D is the kind of movie that particularly makes me cringe, because it has such a shameless desire to please.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/28/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Duchovny is in big trouble every frame of the way. His characters ring false, his scenes seem improperly motivated in a glaring way, and his distasteful obsession with imagery of unflushed cigarette butts bobbing in a toilet is beyond inexplicable.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/28/05
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The film never sidesteps the puddles of self-indulgence that soil many feature-length directorial debuts, particularly those of an autobiographical nature.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
04/28/05
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

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 little more literary than lifelike, House of D is a story that feels too pat, and too perfect, for its own good.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/28/05
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

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

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)

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

Although Williams' performance is painful to watch, the bigger problem is the role he serves in the story as a whole.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
04/28/05
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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

Every scene, every minute -- practically every shot -- is utterly, relentlessly unbelievable.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
04/28/05
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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

Duchovny hoped to make his viewers laugh and cry. He succeeded all right, but for all the wrong reasons.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/27/05
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

The 'D' in the title indicates not just its would-be auteur's name, but also the grade the movie deserves.

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04/26/05
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Faltering vanity production that's riddled with trite cliches and utterly, profoundly predictable.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
04/26/05
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
Modamag.com

A mawkish coming-of-age tale that relies on melodramatic theatrics.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
04/25/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

'House of D' felt rushed to me, and none of its elements seemed fully developed.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/24/05
Diana Saenger
Diana Saenger
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

The ideal girl wears an orange jumpsuit.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/24/05
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
 
 
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