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Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

  • Starring: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline
  • Summary: The poignant, often humorous journey of one man who decides to tear down his house -- and winds up rebuilding the world around him. (New Line Cinema)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 32
  2. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    88
    Kline is one of the rare major actors not afraid to look like hell. And given his character's plight, his willingness to get physically unpleasant matches the emotion he brings to the part.
  2. This movie lets you feel something. Like George's house, if not his life, it's built well and full of heart.
  3. 60
    With nothing in the way of inspiration coming on either the writing or directing end, it's up to the actors to maintain audience interest and emotional engagement, and two members of the cast rise to the occasion: Kline and Christensen.
  4. Kline will break your heart, while the rest of the movie will just make you sick.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. CoreyS.
    9
    Kevin Kline gives an Oscar-worthy performance in this very underrated drama. Yes, at times it is melodramatic, at times it is quirky and uneven, but isn't that often what life is really like? Expand

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