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Life as a House (New Line Platinum Series) | 
 enlarge | Director: Irwin Winkler
Actors: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  236 reviews
Sales Rank: 3101
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 124
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN5471D
ISBN: 0780637607
UPC: 794043547126
EAN: 9780780637603
ASIN: B00005YUPC
Theatrical Release Date: November 9, 2001
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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Product Description
Confronted with life-changing news a middle-aged architect seizes the opportunity to begin living life on his own terms as he builds the house of his dreams and winds up rebuilding the world around him in the process. Special features: two original documentaries: deleted scenes and much more. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Kevin Kline Kristin Scott-thomas Run time: 124 minutes Rating: R Director: Irwin Winkler
Amazon.com
A respectable tearjerker, Life as a House is a welcome throwback to angst-ridden family dramas like Ordinary People and Terms of Endearment. It falls short of those modern classics, but you'll probably still need Kleenex if you appreciate Kevin Kline's underrated dramatic skills. As the title suggests, Kline's project is a broad metaphor for repairing damaged lives from the foundation up. Playing an architect with terminal cancer, he gives an Oscar-caliber performance, reaching out to his estranged, nihilistic son (future Star Wars star Hayden Christensen) and ex-wife (Kristin Scott-Thomas) as he wrecks and rebuilds the Malibu cliff-top home that contained his most painful memories. Director Irwin Winkler's flair with actors helps to minimize lapses in a script (by As Good As It Gets scribe Mark Andrus) that occasionally borders on maudlin. Overall, this is a fine reminder that Hollywood hasn't lost its soul to action and special effects. --Jeff Shannon
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 EXCELLENT FILM...LIFE AS A HOUSE October 6, 2008
THIS IS A HEARTWARMING FILM ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. KEVIN KLINE, AS ALWAYS,
IS RIGHT ON CHARACTER IN THIS ROLE. WORTHWHILE OWNING THIS MOVIE.
 I've Always Wanted To Build My Own Home August 25, 2008
I guess I shared a dream with the Kline character but never saw it through. He did.
This movie may dampen your eyes at times but it really is a story of people finding themselves in this crazy world. I can't think of a scene that isn't superb.
And what acting - Kevin, Hayden and Kristin in particular but the whole cast as well.
From Here On August 12, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is everything I thought it would be. If you are 60 or over, you will be overjoyed with Reeve Lindbergh's thoughts on growing older.
One of the best movies that I've seen in recent memory May 12, 2008
I've had this movie on my wish list for quite some time as the description sounded interesting, but hadn't really gotten around to ordering it. I finally got the opportunity to sit down and watch this last night as a rental. I'm on line this morning to order the movie! The acting is superb, the cinematography is breathtaking and the soundtrack is wonderful. I could not find a single fault in this movie. Each and every actor put in an oscar award winning effort. Hayden Christensen makes you forget that you ever knew him as "Anakin Skywalker" and only that there is a deeply troubled and hurting teenager in front of you. Kevin Kline will make you laugh through your tears and Kristin Scott Thomas will make your heart ache for a woman with a lifetime of mistakes. I won't spoil the ending but it makes you smile and say "YES! That was the right thing to do!". In the day of fluff and nonsense movies that are currently on the big screen, this movie should definitely have earned far more recognition than it did. It will be on my movie shelf by the end of the week.
Movie April 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is great. It's not one I would see over and over, but it tugs at my heart.
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