Asia Vieira, Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours" comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends who couldn't be more different. From suburban Cleveland in the 60s, t...( read more  read more... )o New York City in the 80s, where they meet an older woman, 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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R, 2 hrs.

Directed by: Michael Mayer

Release Date: August 20, 2004

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DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004

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  • March 21, 2008
    Nice little film with amazing performances. I love it... I ADORE it. But it's flawed. The screenplay is incredible at the beginning... sadly, after the first half hour, it starts to go down and finally it crashes and burns in the last 5 minutes. Colin Farrell 2nd best performance...( read more) to date ("Tigerland" will always be his "Godfather") and a surprisingly warm Sissy Spacek with a charming Dallas Roberts and a wacky Robin Wright Penn is not enough. Watch it as acting lessons from great teachers... but that's all. I won't stop loving it anyways
  • January 4, 2007
    This is the first film where I actually realized how good of an actor Colin Farrell is. I was completely shocked by his performance. It is the most natural I've ever seen him. All of the characters are so unique. It is a really great story. Like most films I enjoy, it has a very ...( read more)sad ending.
  • March 16, 2006
    Colin Farrell as a soft and tender character is one of the most inspired casting choices that film making has made in a very long time. The rest of the cast and the story run along so smoothly that you are swept along with them. There is no pretentions here, and everything is as ...( read more)humble and modest as the lead. Aspiring. A tragic ending would have made it a masterpiece.
  • October 25, 2009
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    A home at the end of the world was for me disappointed. Maybe because of my expectations for the movie and then it lacked of depth o...( read more)n certain matters. This movie had many meaningless scenes. There was no specific direction.It had some scenes with a mixture of Gay and Straights moments. I have no problem with this life styles, but I am not a fan either. Collin Farrell didn't seem good in this character and his acting wasn't so good.I enjoyed Robin Wright Penn, but I think she was miscast for this role.
  • February 3, 2007
    Deeply touching.
  • November 5, 2009
    Good drama. Farrell is great.
  • September 5, 2009
    he was looking for his home, its his journey to find it.
    everybody here is a bit or a lot wired and has each problems.
    it also show the matter of deep relations and relationships.
    if u are not related,sexuality are different, i hope we can make own home.
    i love this word,
    "in thi...( read more)s big beautiful noisy world,everything can happen.-
  • August 4, 2009
    this was good but nothing compared with the book!
  • July 8, 2009
    I wonder where they found the miniature Colin Farrell to play teenage Bobby.
  • April 14, 2009
    A beautiful and honest look at love.

Critic Reviews


July 30, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Never less than watchable and often quite moving, especially when Colin Farrell (as Bobby) or Sissy Spacek (Alice) are on screen. full review

July 30, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Farrell is astonishing in the movie, not least because the character is such a departure from everything he has done before. full review

July 25, 2004
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

The first third of "A Home At The End Of The World" is simply wonderful. full review

July 24, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

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

July 23, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today

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

July 23, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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

July 23, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The funny and heartfelt Home is a small treasure. full review

July 22, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

So thoroughly decent in its intentions and so tactful in its methods that people are likely to persuade themselves that it's better than it is, which is not very good. full review

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  • terris85017
    February 11, 2008
    The more I read and see the more I want to see this movie!! (2004 Director: Michael Mayer) A Home at the End of the World, an intimate film based on a novel by Michael Cunningham (author of The Hours). Oh stars one of my personal favorite actresses, Sissy Spacek AND the amazingly talented Colin Farrell.
  • LoveAndAdoreHardMaleNipples1
    April 23, 2007
    I never read the novel the film was based on but I think it was a good film CF did a pretty good job far as drama is concerned more low key compared to Alexander he did before to bad though he didn't show more of his intimate parts the all (important deleted scenes).
  • joey76241
    January 28, 2007
    Anyone out there

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