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House of D (2005)

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Reviews Counted:99

Fresh:10

Rotten:89

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: A sincere but inept coming of age story.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual and drug references, thematic elements and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 15, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $371,081

Synopsis: A comical and touching portrait of a boy’s coming of age in 1970s Greenwich Village, Lions Gate Films’ HOUSE OF D is the feature film writing and directing debut of actor David Duchovny, and stars... A comical and touching portrait of a boy’s coming of age in 1970s Greenwich Village, Lions Gate Films’ HOUSE OF D is the feature film writing and directing debut of actor David Duchovny, and stars Anton Yelchin, Téa Leoni, David Duchovny, Robin Williams, Erykah Badu and Frank Langella. The year is 1973, and thirteen-year-old Tommy Warshaw (Anton Yelchin) is on the brink of becoming a man. While his bereaved single mother (Téa Leoni) continues to mourn the death of his father, Tommy escapes his own grief by causing trouble at school and making afternoon meat deliveries with his best friend Pappas (Robin Williams), a slow-witted janitor. Hoping to win the heart of Melissa (Zelda Williams), a precocious uptown girl, Tommy seeks advice and guidance from Lady (Erykah Badu), a prostitute incarcerated in the infamous Greenwich Village Women’s House of Detention. But just as Tommy enjoys his first taste of love, he is faced with an unexpected tragedy that will radically alter the course of his life – and compel the adult Tom Warshaw (David Duchovny), thirty years later, to revisit his unfinished past… Vividly capturing the spirit of youth in all its giddiness and intensity, HOUSE OF D examines with humor and pathos the harrowing journey every young boy must take into adulthood. Sensitively directed and bolstered by affectionate portrayals from a talented cast, it is a winning, hopeful story about overcoming loss and coming to terms with one’s past. © -- Lions Gate Films [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni, David Duchovny

Starring: Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin, Tea Leoni, David Duchovny, Erykah Badu, Orlando Jones, Stephen Spinella, Frank Langella, Michael Chapman, Mark Margolis, Alice Drummond, Willie Garson

Director: David Duchovny

Director: David Duchovny
Screenwriter: David Duchovny
Producer: Richard B. Lewis, Bob Yari, Jane Rosenthal
Composer: Geoff Zanelli
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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David Duchovny’s misguided House of D is now the barometer I use to judge how bad other films are.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
04/13/05
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

Duchovny hoped to make his viewers laugh and cry. He succeeded all right, but for all the wrong reasons.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/27/05
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

What should be a 10-minute anecdote turns into a sluggish and overly sentimental tale that won't hold the interest of anyone outside Duchovny's immediate family.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/28/05
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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The movie never gels. It lies there, flat and unconvincing, with little spurts of florid melodrama.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
04/28/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Dour, dry Duchovny’s directorial debut is more weepy than creepy, a conventional coming-of-age story that flashes back to 1970s New York City.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
05/01/05
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
AV Club

David Duchovny’s first stab at writing and directing takes him to a place close to his heart - the New York of his youth.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment Comment
05/18/05
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

There's a new young star in-the-making named Anton Yelchin, awaiting your perusal in this touching film...

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
04/13/05
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Blunt Review

House of D dawdles along as the sort of 1970s-inflicted coming of age reminiscence that feels like the unprocessed ramblings of its creator.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/29/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/30/05
Boston Phoenix

Were it not for the cast attached to this project, I doubt it would ever see the inside of a movie-house.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
05/06/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

In fact, it represents Duchovny as a capable writer and director with a promising career outside of the X-Files milieu.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
04/17/05
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

House of D is the kind of movie that particularly makes me cringe, because it has such a shameless desire to please.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/28/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Goes from bad to unbearable in a single scene.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/28/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

I'm sorry to report it's the opposite of impressive.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
04/14/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

House of D is a delightful coming of age drama/comedy that deals with weighty matters of the soul.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/28/06
Stefan Ulstein
Stefan Ulstein
Christianity Today

Duchovny has crafted a small but not slight film about some impressive truths, filled with some wonderful characters and only slightly overbaked.

Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
04/15/05
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

David Duchovny claims he wrote the screenplay for House of D in only six days. It shows.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
04/15/05
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/01/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

So bogged down in problems that it's hard to enjoy what could have been a touching coming-of-age story.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
04/12/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net
 
 
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