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Home Movie (2002)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:33
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.7/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:May 3, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Chris Smith (director of 1999's award-winning AMERICAN MOVIE) continues with his documentation of quirky American characters in HOME MOVIE, an affectionate look at five unique homes and the... Chris Smith (director of 1999's award-winning AMERICAN MOVIE) continues with his documentation of quirky American characters in HOME MOVIE, an affectionate look at five unique homes and the eccentric personalities of the people who inhabit them. Gaining trust from his odd yet engaging subjects, Smith enters their lovingly designed habitats and lets them casually and warmly open up their worlds to the camera. His subjects include Linda Beech, a former Japanese sitcom star who resides in a tree house nestled in a remote Hawaiian national park; Diana and Ed Peden, gentle hippies who have converted an abandoned missile silo into a serene underground retreat; Bob Walker and Francis Mooney, a couple who have reconstructed their home to cater to their dozen cats; Cajun alligator farmer Bill Tregle, who treasures his isolated life on a bayou houseboat; and new age futurist Ben Skora, a wacky inventor whose self-designed, 100 percent electric home can be operated entirely by remote control. With expert editing, Smith seamlessly cuts between the stories of these seven American originals, making a subtle yet weighty point about domesticity and peoples' relationships to their surroundings. Hilarious and often moving, HOME MOVIE is a successful addition to an oeuvre that marks the director as one of America's most talented and important cultural observers. [More]
Starring: Linda Beech
Starring: Linda Beech
Director: Chris Smith
Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Barbara Laffey, Susane Preissler
Studio: Cowboy Pictures
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Reviews for Home Movie
A naturally funny film, Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith's next movie.
“Home Movie” is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book.
a documentary ditty that just barely sustains its 65 minute running time
It feels like very light Errol Morris, focusing on eccentricity but failing, ultimately, to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs.
Some people march to the beat of a different drum, and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in, this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options.
Smith examines the intimate, unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country.
Mr. Smith makes us look afresh at our own digs and at, as the old saying goes, what makes a house a home.
A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with...it does possess a loose, lackadaisical charm.
A gloriously kooky chronicle of freak-flags flying high... combines Errol Morris’ nonplussed lens with a penchant for damaged oddball subjects that merges the apparent instincts of Paul Thomas Anderson and David Lynch.
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