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Keys to the House, The
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Family/Kids | Foreign
Written by:
Gianni Amelio
Sandro Petraglia
Stefano Rulli
Giuseppe Pontiggia (novel Born Twice)
Directed by: Gianni Amelio
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 22, 2004
DVD: June 28, 2005
Running Time: 105 minutes, Color
Origin: Italy / France / Germany
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling, Alla Faerovich, Pierfrancesco Favino, Manuel Katzy, Michael Weiss, and Ingrid Appenroth
The story of a young father forging a relationship with his handicapped son, whom he meets for the first time as a teenager.
What The Critics Said
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The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Outstanding, entirely unique father-son portrait.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Though "Keys" is not Amelio's best, it has an emotional power almost equal to anything he's done.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Rossi (who is handicapped himself) gives the film a magnetic presence, playing the part as a mix of sweet-natured good intentions and frustrating limitations.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Kim Morgan
There is nothing obvious about this subtle yet powerfully subversive look into the emotional toll and confusion of dealing with a disabled child.
Read Full Review >Variety Deborah Young
Radiates a warm humanity and uplifts the spirit. Subtle rather than sentimental, it lacks easy tears though attentive viewers will find it lacerating enough.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Though it is a work of fiction, we have the sense every minute that we are watching something real, something with the unmistakable taste of life.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
The kind of quietly unassuming tear-jerker that works its way into your heart despite the occasional cries of protest emanating from your head.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Leslie Camhi
If the film's redemptive ending is a fairy tale, it's one we willingly embrace.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
An unusual amalgam of formulaic feel-goodism and shocking tough-mindedness, a movie that allows us to decode the inner life of its hero while he's decoding the world around him.
TV Guide Ken Fox
Even more astonishing that the superb acting is the simple fact that director Gianni Amelio has managed to craft a touching tale of a father reunited with his disabled son without the slightest whiff of sentimentality.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Both Rossi and Charlotte Rampling, as the mother of another young patient, do fine work. But the only surprises come at the end, too late to move us the way they should.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The drama is hampered by a vague screenplay that takes its sweet time explaining the characters' past and never specifies the nature of the boy's palsy and apparent retardation.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daniel W. gave it a9:
A superb blend of poignant with authentic. Throughout the film, I found myself trying to determine whether or not Paolo was truly handicapped or merely a wonderful actor (both being proven true), and (due to a common surname) wondering if Kim Rossi Stuart was indeed Paolo's real-life father (only pleasantly surprised to discover he was merely an actor). This film is not for the fainthearted or pursuers of maudlin sentimentality. Here is a reasonably hard-hitting film that bestows dignity to all families which must contend with lifelong (and often debilitating) disabilities.
