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House of Sand and Fog (2003)
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Reviews Counted:166
Fresh:125
Rotten:41
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Powerful and thought provoking film.
Theatrical Release:Dec 19, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $12,924,917
Synopsis: Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in the powerful drama HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG as two people fighting over the same house. Connelly is Kathy, a troubled young woman struggling with addiction... [More]
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Jonathan Ahdout
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Reviews for House of Sand and Fog
If the holidays have you feeling a bit too giddy, this gloomy movie will knock it out of you.
12/31/03
A beautiful thing to look at, and maybe cry over.
12/18/03
Top CriticUnderneath all the wild gesticulating is nothing: no suspense, no characters, no emotional truth, nothing.
12/27/03
House of Sand and Fog is an intense, thought- provoking movie experience
02/16/05
In the end, it's just a pointless downer.
12/26/03
[A] rewarding tale of desperation and lost dreams.
12/18/03
A smart, moody film that achieves the delicate balance of having us care about all of its characters.
12/26/03
A brilliant treatise on people who do all the wrong things for all the right reasons.
11/25/03
In a way, it offers an update of the property-dispute plotlines that escalated to tragedy in such Westerns as 'Shane.'
12/29/03
Gripping and unforgettable.
12/14/03
Top CriticA sad, rich story, full of misunderstandings, bad bargains, odd parallels.
12/19/03
Top CriticIt's a film...absent of easy black-or-white ethics, which makes for some powerful emotions. But it's also a film with nagging problems that add up to a distracting crescendo.
12/24/03
Lack of sympathy for the beautiful but flaky heroine undermines the dramatic framework of "House" like a swarm of hungry termites.
11/21/03
House of Sand and Fog may just be the prettiest house in town, but it could be blown over by a gust of wind because it has a foundation of straw.
12/26/03
The picture's greatest strength is the way it shifts our loyalties from one character to the next, never allowing us to view either [person] as a villain (or hero) for long.
12/23/03
An engrossing drama about the downward mobility of a recovering alcoholic and the yearning for upward mobility of an Iranian immigrant.
12/11/03
A pesar de los excesos del libreto, la película atrapa gracias a la notable dirección de Perelman, apoyada sobre todo en la impecable fotografía de Roger Deakins (...)
10/20/04
For his feature-film debut Russian director Vadim Perelman delivers a brilliantly acted downer.
12/26/03
You feel you not only know these people but where they come from.
02/04/04
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