Touching Home (2008)
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46% of critics liked it
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74% of users liked it
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Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Robert Forster star in self-taught identical twin filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller's autobiographical family drama about a pair of twin brothers who return to their small town after failing to find success as major league baseball players. Their dreams of becoming… More Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Robert Forster star in self-taught identical twin filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller's autobiographical family drama about a pair of twin brothers who return to their small town after failing to find success as major league baseball players. Their dreams of becoming professional athletes dashed, the brothers attempt to rethink their lives while reconciling their love for their homeless father (Harris). Deeply shamed by their derelict dad's chronic shameful behavior, the brothers find themselves in a personal crisis after going to work at the local rock quarry and having to contend with their ne'er-do-well friends. Forster co-stars as the sympathetic town sheriff in a film also featuring Brad Dourif and Lee Meriwether. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Logan Miller, Noah Miller
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Apr 29, 2010 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 1, 2010
- Studio
- CFI
Critic Reviews
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Handsome but standard-issue heartland fare.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety
The offscreen story of these unknowns getting their autobiographical drama to the screen proves more interesting and inspiring than the polished, earnest, rather routine movie itself.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Without making a fuss about it, Touching Home looks squarely at working-class people for whom professional sports are not just a fantasy, they are also a way out of a dead-end existence.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
While the Millers have a physical presence, they're hardly actors. In fact, it's often difficult to tell them apart, although one of them is missing a tooth and takes off his shirt a lot.
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Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
Although convincing as athletes, neither Miller belongs on a movie screen; personal parable or not, this feels like a too-familiar trip around the bases.
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Cast
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Logan Miller
as Lane Winston
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Noah Miller
as Clint Winston
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Ed Harris
as Charlie Winston
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Brad Dourif
as Clyde Wintson
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Robert Forster
as Perk
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Lee Meriwether
as Grandma Eleanor
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Evan Jones
as Mac
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Ishiah Benben
as Rachel
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Brandon Hanson
as Brownie
- George Maguire (I)
- James Carraway
