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• Coxxie M

  
  Everytime aging Kevin Kline glooms over the welcoming sea and remembers when his wife loved him and holding his toddler son in the sand, laughing and crying, and then that music hits for five solid minutes, i just know, like telepathically that my grandmother is watching this same… More
  Everytime aging Kevin Kline glooms over the welcoming sea and remembers when his wife loved him and holding his toddler son in the sand, laughing and crying, and then that music hits for five solid minutes, i just know, like telepathically that my grandmother is watching this same movie on t.v. and crying her eyes backward into her head, except she also hears the hateful, offensive rock soundtrack and so she silently judges it while she weeps.

• Cynthia S

  
  I am a big fan of Kevin Kline, and I think that this is one of his best movies. Very moving, and very well done. Great for anyone who likes a good drama.

• Red L

  
  George is having a bad year. Divorced, alone, estranged from his loser son, behind the times, he has no motivation. Then in the same day he gets fired and finds out he has terminal cancer. What a start to a movie! I enjoy this sort of movie - as George is dying, he resolves his… More
  George is having a bad year. Divorced, alone, estranged from his loser son, behind the times, he has no motivation. Then in the same day he gets fired and finds out he has terminal cancer. What a start to a movie! I enjoy this sort of movie - as George is dying, he resolves his issues with his ex-wife and son, Sam. Sam is having a tough time of it as well - needing drugs just to get by and withdrawing from the world. With the help of Alyssa, Sam helps his dad build a house and becomes less self-centred.

• danny d

  
  strange but compelling at times

• Nicki M

  
  I am truly surprised this has rated as well as it has. I really found this quite second rate. Hayden Christensen in particular is truly awful. His bratty teen is outstandingly unconvincing. Kristin Scott Thomas plays just a nothing sort of character and Jena Malone is under used… More
  I am truly surprised this has rated as well as it has. I really found this quite second rate. Hayden Christensen in particular is truly awful. His bratty teen is outstandingly unconvincing. Kristin Scott Thomas plays just a nothing sort of character and Jena Malone is under used here. Very cliched film about family. Could not have been more by the numbers if it tried. By the 60 minute mark I was watching it on fast forward, I so wanted it to be over and watch something meaningful (or at least not pretending to be).

• Nani V

  
  Holy crap, great movie.

• Rachel F

  
  This is an amazing film. I absolutely loved it.

• Morgan S

  
  great movie but soooo sad! OMG kelsey sam is our EDWARD!!!!!!! haha i bet he is too old 4 the part now. if u like vampires anyone ...read TWILIGHT

• Dean M

  
  The bestest drama and emotional story I ever watched. It features all the moving, bittersweet honesty of <i>Terms of Endearment</i>, <i>Field of Dreams</i> and <i>American Beauty</i>.

• Drew S

  
  If you can get past Hayden Christensen being an excruciating whiny douche for an hour, then you'll find yourself with a pretty strong family-centered drama with a lot of well-written characters. We watched this in my screenwriting class, in fact, for its characters; their… More
  If you can get past Hayden Christensen being an excruciating whiny douche for an hour, then you'll find yourself with a pretty strong family-centered drama with a lot of well-written characters. We watched this in my screenwriting class, in fact, for its characters; their presence in the plot and demeanors are extremely lucid and purposeful. The movie wouldn't win any awards for originality, but it's a cute one nonetheless.

• Tom E

  
  a nice introduction for the new Star Wars Hero

• Leigh R

  
  Good movie.

• Mark A

  
  A moving story of a man determined to reestablish a connection to his troubled teenage son and his ex-wife and of his determination to leave a legacy before dying. Kevin Kline does some brilliant work here as George a man who finds out he has cancer on the day he gets released from… More
  A moving story of a man determined to reestablish a connection to his troubled teenage son and his ex-wife and of his determination to leave a legacy before dying. Kevin Kline does some brilliant work here as George a man who finds out he has cancer on the day he gets released from the job he has held for twenty years. Kristen Scott Thomas as the ex, Robin is equally brilliant. Her character, a frustrated mother and an ignored wife, engendered sympathy and her ambivalence over reconnecting to her ex was totally believable. But, without, the performance of Hayden Christiansen as Sam, the troubled teen, this would have been a much less gripping tale. Watching him grow up, and become ready to take his place in the world is what made this special. Jena Malone as the free-spirited girl-next-door, Alyssa, and Mary Steenburgen as Alyssa's mom were excellent in supporting roles as was the rest of the supporting cast. The scenery, on the California coast, was gorgeous. The cinematography breathtaking, and the story had one laughing one minute and weeping the next. A brilliant film that had all the right elements to make it memorable.

• Dannielle A

  
  Drama drama drama!!! This movie reminds me of what I do when I wreck havic in my sims lives because I am bored and want to shake up their world. I thought the acting in this was amazing and the storyline was very good. There were many aspects of this that were very real and pulled… More
  Drama drama drama!!! This movie reminds me of what I do when I wreck havic in my sims lives because I am bored and want to shake up their world. I thought the acting in this was amazing and the storyline was very good. There were many aspects of this that were very real and pulled on your heartstrings. Especially the young teenage boy... he was painted as a realistic troubled teen. It was a good message but there were some random weird scenes that I would have left out if I were the director.

• Daniel P

  
  It gets three stars because Kevin Kline gives a superb performance and because it features rising star Jena Malone (Donnie Darko). But really, this is manipulative, terminal-illness movie-of-the-week fare. It also seems to disapprove of Hayden Christensen's character's… More
  It gets three stars because Kevin Kline gives a superb performance and because it features rising star Jena Malone (Donnie Darko). But really, this is manipulative, terminal-illness movie-of-the-week fare. It also seems to disapprove of Hayden Christensen's character's desire to be individualistic, and resorts into "transforming" him into a bland everyman by movies end. Plus, not to sound PC or anything, but do I detect the whiff of homophobia around the edges? See "My Life Without Me" instead.

• Jason S

  
  Life as a House tries hard to say something and be meaningful, but really its very forgetful. Its far from horrible though.

• Daisy M

  
  Life as a house was not an easy movie to watch.It had some unbearable sad scenes. George Monroe played by Kevin Kline, has terminal cancer. He decided to make the most of his remaining time on earth,building his dream house and bond with his trouble son Sam played by Hayden… More
  Life as a house was not an easy movie to watch.It had some unbearable sad scenes. George Monroe played by Kevin Kline, has terminal cancer. He decided to make the most of his remaining time on earth,building his dream house and bond with his trouble son Sam played by Hayden Christensen.This was a beautiful movie that dealt with real problems in life and the hope for changes.The directing by Irwin Winkler was just good, he did a great job. Everything about this movie was perfect and emotional. It made me laugh, cry, and appreciate life more each day.

• Wu C

  
  A very well done reworking of Kurosawa'a 'Ikiru'.

• Marion R

  
  It's not original or unpredictable, but it makes you care for the characters on screen.

• Sunil J

  
  It's hard to pull off the movie where the guy finds out he's dying and tried to improve his life. I really like this though. One of Hayden Christensen's better roles.

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