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Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

  • Starring: David Duchovny, Robin Williams, Téa Leoni
  • Summary: A comical and touching story of a man looking back at his childhood in 1970s Greenwich Village. Vividly capturing the spirit of youth in all its joy and heartbreak, House of D examines with humor and pathos a boy's harrowing coming of age and the manner in which it defines his adulthood. (Lions Gate Films) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 31
  2. Negative: 14 out of 31
  1. A film that takes a steadfastly gentle look at some of life's harshest moments while not overlooking its joys, House of D deserves a chance to find an audience.
  2. 50
    The film looks and feels authentic, but Duchovny has powered his undeniably personal journey with a counterfeit heart.
  3. David Duchovny delivers a clearly heartfelt but terminally mawkish and awkward directorial debut in House of D.
  4. 38
    House of D is the kind of movie that particularly makes me cringe, because it has such a shameless desire to please; like Uriah Heep, it bows and scrapes and wipes its sweaty palm on its trouser leg, and also like Uriah Heep, it privately thinks it is superior.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. camdenl
    7
    David duchovney is impressive as a writer/director, but his acting holds this film back.
  2. PatC.
    4
    A good story, perhaps a very good story, but poorly told, perhaps very poorly told.
  3. billc.
    3
    Even giving it a three is generous. I wanted to like this, the talent is there, the basic story could make a good film.It's just told in a matter that is slow,dis-jointed and uninteresting. Expand

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