An overripe melodrama that becomes laughable as it sweatily strives toward tragedy.
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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
House of Sand and Fog is at once so real and so inevitably tragic that you want to see just how bad it's going to get.
12/26/03
Remember the name Shohreh Aghdashloo ... she is the soul of this pungent film.
12/26/03
Top CriticA great film and one of the year's standout dramas.
12/26/03
The assured directorial debut by Russian-born Canadian Vadim Perelman captures the irony, tragedy and cataclysmic drama of everyday life like no film since In the Bedroom.
12/26/03
The House of Sand and Fog is a deeply unsettling film, written, acted and directed with unflinching honesty.
12/26/03
[A] finely wrought drama.
12/26/03
A powerful tale of a personal conflict that turns tragic when emotions spin out of control.
12/26/03
Top CriticThis is somber, challenging material, unrelentingly bleak.
12/26/03
Like great fiction, House of Sand and Fog sees into the hearts of its characters, and loves and pities them.
12/26/03
Top CriticConnelly justifies the Oscar she won for A Beautiful Mind with an even better performance.
12/26/03
For all its histrionics, the movie never earns your sorrow.
12/26/03
Top CriticHouse 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 performances raise House of Sand and Fog from a battle over real estate to a fateful conflict over different meanings of the American dream.
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12/26/03
This is a movie that has the strength of its convictions, and it's anchored by top-shelf performances that go out on a limb time and again.
12/26/03
Top CriticIt features some of the most anguishing moments of any movie this year.
12/26/03
The actors' focused, careful work keeps us mesmerized as the drama builds.
12/26/03
In the end, it's just a pointless downer.
12/26/03
In the current political climate, it's required viewing. We all need to think about tolerance and how, like sand, it can slip through our fingers.
12/26/03
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