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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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Cluttered, overly plotted and too much is too easily resolved. As sincere an effort as it is, it would take a much better script to overcome all of that.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
04/15/05
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
04/15/05
E! Online

Duchovny overreaches with his first film, but he does achieve several lovely small moments when he's not directing himself.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/14/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

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

A film that takes a steadfastly gentle look at some of life's harshest moments while not overlooking its joys.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/14/05
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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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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Not only is this a movie about a 13-year-old-boy, but it often appears to have been assembled by one, as well.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/14/05
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

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

It's a warm, nostalgic mood piece that recaptures a time and place when people were friendlier and more human, things were more positive, movies were more creative and life was more fun.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/14/05
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer

I'm sorry to report it's the opposite of impressive.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
04/14/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

David Duchovny’s debut as a writer-director puts little flesh on the bones of the roguish tricks he got up to as a lad in Greenwich Village in the 1970s.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
04/14/05
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

David Duchovny’s misguided House of D is now the barometer I use to judge how bad other films are.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
04/13/05
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Feels false and platitudinous -- a calculated crowd-pleaser that, despite being an original story, plays like a poorly condensed novel with a scripter unable to make choices.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/13/05
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety
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A cacophony of completely false notes that end in a tear-jerking crescendo.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
04/13/05
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

This sly, often funny coming-of-age tale thwarts clichés of the genre by cloaking them in an aura that skirts the fantastical...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
04/13/05
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

An overly picaresque first feature written and directed by David Duchovny.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
04/13/05
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

There's a new young star in-the-making named Anton Yelchin, awaiting your perusal in this touching film...

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
04/13/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

So bogged down in problems that it's hard to enjoy what could have been a touching coming-of-age story.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
04/12/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Marred by a rambling voice-over at one end and a pat therapeutic resolution on the other, the film has a nice half-hour patch somewhere in the middle.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/12/05
Ed Park
Ed Park
Village Voice

About caricatures rather than people.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
04/12/05
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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