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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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    The first third of "A Home At The End Of The World" is simply wonderful.

    Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
    07/25/04
    Marcy Dermansky
    Marcy Dermansky
    About.com

    Although the actors do a magnificent job with the piffle, the characters hardly ever act the way real people do in the situations they are presented with. They act, instead, the way characters in a movie act.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
    08/06/04
    Richard Nilsen
    Richard Nilsen
    Arizona Republic
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    Flawed but sincere -- the sort of thoughtful, adult movie that rarely appears in the summer.

    Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
    08/19/04
    Steve Murray
    Steve Murray
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    08/08/04
    Kimberly Jones
    Kimberly Jones
    Austin Chronicle
    N/R

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    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    07/22/04
    AV Club

    While the rambling storyline and extended time-frame betrays the script's novelistic roots, soulful performances from Farrell, Sissy Spacek and newcomer Dallas Roberts make this a rich and emotionally rewarding experience.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
    10/19/04
    Neil Smith
    Neil Smith
    BBC

    A Home at the End of the World can get a tad long, but its beautiful story and spectacular performances allow it that small mute faux pas.

    Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Emily Blunt
    Emily Blunt
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    Roberts, Farrell, and Penn don't appear to be in the least bit self-consumed; you really believe they're thinking about each other.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    07/30/04
    Wesley Morris
    Wesley Morris
    Boston Globe
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    Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
    08/07/04
    Boston Phoenix

    The only thing to look forward to in At Home at the End of the World is The End

    Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
    08/06/04
    Thomas Delapa
    Thomas Delapa
    Boulder Weekly
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    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    04/29/05
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Farrell is astonishing in the movie, not least because the character is such a departure from everything he has done before.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
    07/30/04
    Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert
    Chicago Sun-Times
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    Vital nuances are lost, and what's left, despite good intentions and some redeeming qualities, is cloying sentimentality wrenched from dated material.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
    07/29/04
    Sid Smith
    Sid Smith
    Chicago Tribune

    Compassionate and touching, but less complex and resonant than the book.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    07/22/04
    David Sterritt
    David Sterritt
    Christian Science Monitor

    It's a delight until the weirdly adult-like child grows up to be a childish adult: Farrell, wearing a caveman wig as a stud version of Chance the Gardener...

    Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
    08/27/04
    John Beifuss
    John Beifuss
    Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

    Effectively shows how the most important decision you can make is your choice of family.

    Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
    06/30/04
    Harvey S. Karten
    Harvey S. Karten
    Compuserve

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

    Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Arthur Lazere
    Arthur Lazere
    culturevulture.net

    The best reasons [to see it] have to be the subtle, nuanced performances of Mr. Farrell, newcomer Dallas Roberts, a never-better Robin Wright Penn and the endearing evergreen Pride of Quitman, Texas, Sissy Spacek.

    Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
    07/29/04
    Jane Sumner
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    Dallas Morning News
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    04/02/05
    Garth Franklin
    Garth Franklin
    Dark Horizons

    Boasts actors who make the searching, agonized qualities of their characters feel real.

    Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
    07/30/04
    Robert Denerstein
    Robert Denerstein
    Denver Rocky Mountain News
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