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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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    Narrative wobbles a tremulous line between heartfelt and glib, keeping just within the confines of realistic emotion and credulity.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    07/27/04
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Jeanne Aufmuth
    Palo Alto Weekly

    Cunningham's 1990 novel makes an assured, if not entirely satisfying, transition to the big screen in this terrifically acted exploration of the bonds that transcend traditional notions of family.

    Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
    07/27/04
    Sheri Linden
    Sheri Linden
    Hollywood Reporter

    Far from being groundbreaking independent cinema, A Home feels like just another prefab production.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    07/27/04
    Pete Vonder Haar
    Pete Vonder Haar
    Film Threat

    Mayer, a theater director making his film debut, has a sure hand with the finely calibrated emotions of his ensemble, and the intricately knotted chain of love, dependence, and dissatisfaction that twines them together.

    Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
    07/27/04
    Sara Brady
    Sara Brady
    Premiere Magazine

    ... everything about this movie was so contrived and it feels so written.

    Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
    07/26/04
    Richard Roeper
    Richard Roeper
    Ebert & Roeper
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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

    Farrell's portray of Bobby and author Cunningham's sadistic story, ultimately deep six A Home at the End of the World.

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    07/24/04
    Laura Clifford
    Laura Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    Attempts to cram too much information into a 95-minute feature. Fortunately, there is enough that is exquisitely good to make up for many of its narrative downfalls.

    Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
    07/24/04
    Dustin Putman
    Dustin Putman
    DustinPutman.com

    We never fully know what those characters are thinking or feeling.

    Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
    07/24/04
    Stephanie Zacharek
    Stephanie Zacharek
    Salon.com
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    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

    Nostalgia, it is no good --

    Full Review Source: Pasadena Weekly | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    John Esther
    John Esther
    Pasadena Weekly

    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
    Brett Buckalew
    FilmStew.com

    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
    Blunt Review

    An intriguing look at an unconventional definition of family, whose members don't speak in Hollywood clichés.

    Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Claudia Puig
    Claudia Puig
    USA Today

    A perfect example of how a top-flight cast can compensate for unimaginative filmmaking.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Ken Fox
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The problem is not just that Bobby is hard to believe but that he's not interesting enough to make us want to believe him.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Mick LaSalle
    Mick LaSalle
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    The funny and heartfelt Home is a small treasure.

    Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Peter Travers
    Peter Travers
    Rolling Stone
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    Farrell and his equally fine co-stars Wright and Roberts comprise an embattled but fiercely loving trio whom you care about deeply, even if A Home at the End of the World ultimately fails to realize the promise of its absorbing first half.

    Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Timothy Knight
    Timothy Knight
    Reel.com

    It is at once too fast, too slow and rarely engaging on a gut level.

    Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Lisa Rose
    Lisa Rose
    Newark Star-Ledger
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    A peculiarly bloodless variation on Jules and Jim suffused with the kind of pretentious gentility that some critics will mistake for seriousness.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    07/23/04
    Lou Lumenick
    Lou Lumenick
    New York Post
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