Seen from a distance, it's perfect.
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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“Is Kevin Kline the best thing in Life as a House?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Kevin KlineGeorge Monroe
- Hayden ChristensenSam Monroe
- Kristin Scott ThomasRobin Kimball
- Jena MaloneAlyssa Beck
- Mary SteenburgenColleen Beck
- Ian SomerhalderJosh
- Jamey SheridanPeter Kimball
- Scott BakulaOfficer Kurt Walker
- Sandra NelsonNurse
- Sam RobardsDavid Dokos
Crew
- Irwin WinklerDirector
- Mark AndrusScreenplay
- Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Julie MonroeEditor
- Rob CowanProducer
- Irwin WinklerProducer
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