A Home at the End of the World
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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 5 out of 21

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  1. dsmobey
    Nov 12, 2004
    3
    With Sissy Spacek and Robin Wright you'd expect better but there is too much squeezed into a small space and all of the charactor development is sacrificed. Their actions are often inscrutable and confusing. Anachronisms are so rampant that a sense of chronology - critical to this story - is lost. If you are young you may not notice, but to those who lived thru these times I couldn't even spot the decade. Really was hoping for the best but by half way thru it became MST dialogue time for us. My wife loved the book, so she was even more disappointed.… Expand
  2. JudyT.
    Nov 9, 2004
    3
    A waste of some good actors time and energies. A movie about some trivial people trying to make itself moving and important.
  3. [Anonymous]
    Nov 5, 2004
    3
    Lousy, certainly not one of the more entertaining, or enthralling films I have seen lately.

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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    70
    Packs an irresistible emotional punch.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    70
    Cunningham's depth of feeling transformed the book's premise into something beyond sniggers or camp, and the best moments in the movie, which was directed by theater veteran Michael Mayer in his film debut and adapted by Cunningham, have a similar emotional charge.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    80
    Driven by soulful performances and by a genuine sense of wonder for the unpredictable permutations of love and family.
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