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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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] strong drug content, sexuality, nudity, language, and a disturbing accident

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jul 23, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $887,724

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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  • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends. The film charts a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they've created and hold their friendship together.
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    As far as indie real-feeling character flicks go, World is in a class all its own.

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    Time Out

    So thoroughly decent in its intentions and so tactful in its methods that people are likely to persuade themselves that it's better than it is, which is not very good.

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    07/22/04
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    Wonderful performances, dead-on casting and a touching story make up for the shortfalls of a condensed and awkward script.

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    08/05/04
    Angela Baldassarre
    Angela Baldassarre
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    An adaptation of another Cunningham book that, like The Hours, comes with its own set of challenges, which director Michael Mayer handles forthrightly, with precise emotional pitch.

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    07/30/04
    Ann Hornaday
    Ann Hornaday
    Washington Post

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

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    07/23/04
    Arthur Lazere
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    Cunningham ... should have made sure more dimension got into the script, and not just in Spacek's handful of scenes.

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    07/23/04
    Bob Strauss
    Bob Strauss
    Los Angeles Daily News

    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
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    It may be earnest but it is rarely convincing and never engaging.

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    07/30/04
    Bruce Kirkland
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    A sad movie with palpable grief, but the characters move through it to find a new place of peace. Ultimately, it's about hope and making a place for yourself in the world.

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    07/30/04
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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    Whatever reservoir of good will the filmmakers may have built up during the earlier passages is exhausted by the conclusion’s purposeless dramatics.

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    07/29/04
    Chris Barsanti
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    The effect of watching A Home at the End of the World is like listening to a good orchestra under the direction of a conductor who can't get everybody to play together.

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