A Home at the End of the World
by Michael Mayer
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Actor: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy SpacekDirector: Michael Mayer
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Enrique Chediak
Editor: Lee Percy
Producer: Tom Hulce
Producer: Christine Vachon
Producer: Katie Roumel
Producer: Pamela Koffler
Producer: John Wells
Producer: John N. Hart Jr
Producer: Jeffrey Sharp
Producer: John Sloss
Producer: Michael Hogan
Writer: Michael Cunningham
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
Published: 2004-11-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 38964
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends. The film charts a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question is: can they navigate the unusual triangle they've created and hold their friendship together?Running Time: 96 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R Age: 08
Movie Reviews of A Home at the End of the World
Movie Review: I thought it was great!
Summary: 5 Stars
A Home at the End of the World, written by Michael Cunningham and directed by Michael Mayer, is a poignant film about a cheerful, truly selfless and endearing boy who wants everyone to be happy. The film follows the life of Bobby Morrow from 1967 through 1982.
Growing up in Cleveland, Bobby (Andrew Chalmers) is impressionable, innocent, and admires his involved older brother, Carlton (Ryan Donowho). They have a close relationship even though there is a significant age difference. Carlton gives Bobby lessons in drug use and tells his pre-pubescent brother it's time he experiences the joys of sex. The most valuable lesson Carlton teaches him is that there is goodness in the world and there is nothing to fear. At the tender age of nine, Bobby witnesses Carlton's death, the result of a freak accident.
In high school, Bobby (Erik Smith) befriends shy, nerdy, Jonathan Glover (Harris Allan). He introduces Jonathan and his mother, Alice (Sissy Spacek), to their first experience with marijuana. Alice takes Bobby in when the motherless boy's father dies. It doesn't take long for the boys' friendship to take the next step. A pivotal moment in the film is the natural and realistic way Bobby and Jonathan experience their first mutual sexual experience. The subject remains taboo well into adulthood...they never really talk about their relationship. Bobby attributes their fooling around to "just being kids" and even a deep kiss means nothing more than love between brothers.
At another highpoint in the film, Alice realizes that her son is gay when she finds the boys in a compromising situation. She handles the discovery in a very open-minded and truly inspiring way for a mother in 1974.
As an adult, Bobby (Colin Farrell) is still a kid, living in a man's body. Bobby works as a baker and is still living with Jonathan's parents long after Jonathan (Dallas Roberts) relocates to New York. Alice and Ned (Matt Frewer) must move to Arizona because of Ned's failing health. Ned feels it's time for Bobby to be on his own. Bobby doesn't handle being alone very well and ends up moving to New York to live with Jonathan and his best friend, Clare (Robin Wright Penn).
The three friends become an unconventional family and have a child together. All seems ideal at their "home at the end of the world." Bobby opens up a café, Jonathan works there, and Clare stays home to raise the baby-what could be better? They all love each other and care for one another on different levels. It's a complicated love triangle, but one you can't help care about.
The soundtrack, set and costume designs capture the mood at the height of the sexual revolution-hippies immersed in free love, drugs, Woodstock, and psychedelic times. The writer and director have done their homework and the film is believable. Also evident is the women's lib movement. Alice, a typical stay-at-home mom, witnesses Clare's freedom from conventional behavior: Clare, a free spirit and unwed mother, follows her heart, not societal constraints.
The entire cast of A Home at the End of the World gives noteworthy performances, particularly Colin Farrell who is wonderful at revealing the vulnerability and sweetness of Bobby. Dallas Roberts gives an outstanding performance as Jonathan, the openly gay man who looks for love in all the wrong places. Roberts is one of the highlights of the film. Academy award winning actress, Sissy Spacek, as Alice Glover is perfectly cast as Jonathan's mother.
Don't miss this five star nostalgic movie for its moving depiction of love, loss, and the beginnings of the change in societal and familial values during the hippie generation. I watched and enjoyed A Home at the End of the World three times and could easily watch it again. It's fun, but sad too. I warn you, A Home at the End of the World can be a tearjerker. For those of you who enjoy a good cry, don't miss this golden opportunity. It should be noted that this reviewer may be more emotional than most.
Summary of A Home at the End of the World
A STORY THAT CHRONICLES A DOZEN YEARS IN THE LIVES OF TWO BESTFRIENDS. THE FILM CHARTS A JOURNEY OF TRIALS, TRIUMPHS, LOVES & LOSSES. NOTHE QUESTION IS: CAN THEY NAVIGATE THE UNUSUALTRIANGLE THEY'VE CREATED & HOLD THEIR FRIENDSHIP TOGETHER?Similar DVD Movies
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