Agnes Bruckner, Arthur Taxier, Busy Philipps
A small town is rocked by a shooting at its high school that results in nine deaths and serious injury to one popular female student, Deanna (Erika Christensen). As a detective (Victor Garber) looks f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003
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October 9, 2009Home Room deals with a Columbine-like high-school shooting but rather than hashing over the occurrence itself the film portrays the aftermath and what happened to the survivors, their trauma, guilt and denial.
*Spoilers* The shooting itself is treated as a foregone conclusion, w...( read more) -
August 17, 2008Although this movie is about a school shooting, it studies the aftermath through the eyes of two seemingly different survivors of the shooting. It surely is not what one expects. It's more about the secret lives we lead and the hidden desires to be freed of our pain. I will not b...( read more)
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October 20, 2008Reasonably developping its characters but ultimately rather thin in purpose, Home Room is a convincing but sluggish drama in which fundamentally opposite personalities collide in the aftermath of a tragic school shooting.
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August 6, 2008I liked this movie. It had very good acting and was more about the aftermath of violence than the actual act of violence.
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March 26, 2007Surprisingly strong. What could have been a forgettable straight-to-dvd exploitation piece is, instead, a well acted character-driven picture. Rather recounting the events leading to a school shooting, this film chooses to focus on the aftermath, in particular the relationship be...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Great film! Great script! Great performances! A tragic subject handled insightfully and without preachiness or pat answers.
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August 22, 2009this is my FAVORITE movie!!! i luv it, it rocks, and it accually made me cry.
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