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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 41 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard
  • Summary: A gripping exploration of the American Dream gone awry, House of Sand and Fog is the story of two people driven to desperate measures to claim ownership of a house. (DreamWorks Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 41
  3. Negative: 1 out of 41
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    It stands with integrity and breaks our hearts.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    There's a desperately inevitable, powerfully tragic last reel, but getting there is absolute torture.
  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    30
    This is a movie that sends you out shuddering, chuckling nervously, wanting to tell the people in line for the next show, "It's the feel-bad movie of the year!"

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 55
  3. Negative: 8 out of 55
  1. DeWayneP.
    10
    Brilliant! Films just don't get better than this.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. RitaP.
    10
    Not often I consider a film a perfect 10 but there is no other score for a film of this quality.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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