The Keys to the House
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Movie Reviews of The Keys to the House
Movie Review: Exceptional!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't say enough about this superb film that hasn't already been said...It tells its story without being patronizing or with sloppy sentiment. It's beautifully acted with honesty one dosen't see in most films dealing with so tender a subject. I'd give it ten stars if I could!!Movie Review: Keys to the house
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a touching movie about devoting time to someone in need in the case a handycapped boy. and giving up everything to help some some in need I stongly reccomend this to everybody.Movie Review: Prodigal father . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
This heart-felt, brave Italian film is built on a simple premise - after 15 years, a runaway father reenters the life of his disabled son and begins an attempt to make amends for his abandonment. Surprisingly, it is really the son's story as he puts his clueless father to the test over and again, forcing him to let go of his preconceptions and self-serving expectations. Meanwhile, the mother of a severely disabled daughter befriends the boy's father and makes clear to him the suffering that awaits him should he take full responsibility for his son.
Kim Rossi Stuart, with his male-model good looks, may have been perfectly cast as the still callow and naïve father. But one wonders what another actor might have brought to the role of a man who has made a cowardly choice and struggles with insufficient resources to deal with what now faces him. Meanwhile, he is upstaged at nearly every turn by the young Andrea Rossi, who delivers are far more nuanced performance, as the boy who must decide how well he can trust a man who has betrayed him in the past so profoundly.
Charlotte Rampling is, as usual, almost woundingly affecting as the mother who has sacrificed her life for the sake of her daughter. Her face registers twenty years of care, resignation, sorrow, and love. Taken together, the film is a remarkable departure from the mainstream, told with simplicity and unusual power.
Movie Review: Powerful, human story of a father and a 'challenged' son
Summary: 4 Stars
This could have been sentimental dreck in Hollywood - a father who abandoned his handicapped son comes back to help care for him.
But in Amelio's neo-realist hands, while it does have a handful of over-the-top moments, its more than redeemed by other, powerfully sad moments that acknowledge just how hard caring for a disabled child can be. There are a few logic holes in the plot, but the acting is terrific, and when the film gets unflinchingly honest at key moments, it earns the heartbreak it causes.