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A Home of Our Own (1993)

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Oscar-winner Kathy Bates stars in this tearjerker about a strong-willed widow determined to make it on her own. Bates is Frances Lacey, mother of six, left alone to provide for the family after her husband dies. Hoping to steer the kids away from the hazards on the streets of Los Angeles, she packs the brood up in the family car and heads out to find a new place to plant some roots. When Frances spots the unfinished frame of a house owned by a lonely Japanese man (Soon Tek-Oh), she cuts a deal

PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama

May 22, 2001

PolyGram Video

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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (6)

Though Kathy Bates and Furlong's acting is decent, there is no reason to see this inspirational saga on the big screen; in scope and goal, it's a suitable TV Movie of the Week.

December 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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De-press-ing drama of Kathy Bates and her starving family trying to survive.

March 2, 2008 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Offers a flinty portrait of a single mother of six, who is one-of-a-kind.

July 12, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Needlessly corny...a manipulative melodrama that wastes the presence of a fine actress such as Bates...Furlong's brooding becomes rather tedious in Bill's drowsy dud

June 7, 2003 Comment
Movie Eye
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This movie is too depressing.

May 28, 2006
smith44

Super Reviewer

Good drama story of a single mother and her six kids move into an abandoned farmhouse in Idaho, making a deal with the owner to fix it up and eventually buy it from him. There is a crisis every ten minutes, and not much happens that you haven't seen before, but the actors carry the film, especially Edward Furlong and

August 10, 2008
deano
Dean McKenna

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