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Drama based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham. The story follows the lives of Bobby (played by Andrew Chalmers, Erik Smith and Colin Farrell) and Jonathan (Harris Allan and Dallas Roberts), two childhood friends who meet as students in a suburban Ohio school. From the moment they meet, Bobby and Jonathan are inseparable. For Jonathan, the unconventional Bobby is a connection to a larger world. For Bobby, Jonathan's family - and in particular Jonathan's mother Alice (Sissy Spacek) - represents a kind of stability that he hasn't known. As they grow up, the boys grow apart only to reunite in New York where, together with the free-spirited Clare (Robin Wright Penn), they invent a new kind of family.
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By David Mccall
Format:DVD
Never have I seen such a light-hearted, sweet and believeable drama portraying the love between so many characters. This film is a great piece of cinema. It begins with the friendship between a young boy, Bobby, and his older brother, who dies in a freak accident. The rest of the film concerns Bobby's relationships - with his teenage soulmate and a young woman called Claire - and his coming to terms with the loss of his entire family at a young age. The film is full of interesting concepts, such as that of hormonal teenage boys and the idea of creating a family where there are three parents. The main character, Bobby, is played superbly by three actors - as a young boy, a teenager, and a confused young man (Colin Farrell). As always, Farrell's presence is mesmerising - as a charming yet confused personality, he steals the movie, yet every other actor is brilliant. If you are looking for a heartwarming, emotional film concerning the complications of love and friendship, then it would be wise to watch this film, a largely underrated piece of modern cinema.
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By Bart
Format:DVD
The 'home' at the end of the world is a beacon of light and love in a remote area. It's where the film reaches its conclusion. I won't spoil how and why. However, as audience, be sure to be left with many questions. The ending leaves open many options for individual interpretations as to how characters will come to terms with their situation after the credits have started rolling.
'Home' is a delightful tale of people listening to their hearts, rather than their minds. Plot revolves around Bobby (Colin Farrell) and his mate Jonathan (Dallas Roberts). Their friendship starts out in their teens and evolves into a long term relationship. They experience their road to adulthood free from moral oppression and frustration. The couple is loved by its human environment and left to make their own choices as to how to sort their lives out. Supporting characters Clare (Robin Wright Penn) and Jonathan's mum (Sissy Spacek) brilliantly provide the synergistic means for Bobby and Jonathan to reach whatever they're after.
Many a situation in the storyline could have been met by anger and wrath by the characters. Instead, all concerned treated these with love, humour, tenderness and understanding. The heart ruled, not the mind. I took 'Home' to heart.
'Home' is a delightful tale of people listening to their hearts, rather than their minds. Plot revolves around Bobby (Colin Farrell) and his mate Jonathan (Dallas Roberts). Their friendship starts out in their teens and evolves into a long term relationship. They experience their road to adulthood free from moral oppression and frustration. The couple is loved by its human environment and left to make their own choices as to how to sort their lives out. Supporting characters Clare (Robin Wright Penn) and Jonathan's mum (Sissy Spacek) brilliantly provide the synergistic means for Bobby and Jonathan to reach whatever they're after.
Many a situation in the storyline could have been met by anger and wrath by the characters. Instead, all concerned treated these with love, humour, tenderness and understanding. The heart ruled, not the mind. I took 'Home' to heart.
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By schumann_bg
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This film seemed to get much less attention than the other adaptation of a Michael Cunningham novel, The Hours, and while it doesn't quite match the intensity of that film it does have a much happier feel and is full of wonderful moments. Not that it is without some darker aspects, but it is the warmth of the characters you carry away with you. The teenage section is particularly fine, as is the opening, in fact the originality of the film is slightly lost in the second half, even as the set-up becomes more unconventional. The menage a trois is superbly acted all round and Colin Farrell's character is as cherishable as in the book ... it treads a fine line between observation from life and wish-fulfillment. The first two shorter sections are possibly more brilliant, however. The sequence where the mother smokes dope and then dances with the boys to Laura Nyro is fantastic. Sissy Spacek brings an indefinable quality to this and other scenes - an emotion that is almost palpable, and her expression in this sequence is just something to behold. It's actually one of the most memorable scenes in cinema for me, it has pathos, wonder, beauty, humour, incongruity, all conveyed with a light, fleeting feel. And working backwards, the opening section is also a small marvel in the way Bobby's brother seems such a radiant caring spirit, his life cut short so tragically, but his impact being felt throughout everything that follows. I should add that it has a brilliant soundtrack as well, wonderfully evoking the 70s and early 80s through the songs of the period - the icing on the cake!
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Your heart will cry for love
The most frustrating, exhilarating and disquieting gay film I have seen... so far.
Bobby is marked by death and ends up a young teenager with no family at all. Read more
Bobby is marked by death and ends up a young teenager with no family at all. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant movie
Love how the title becomes relevant towards the end of the movie and how true love on an emotional level is played off against more physical affection and love. Big fan of Farrel!
Published on 28 April 2011 by Mr. D. Human
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Suprisingly good
"A home at the end of the world" is a good example that you don't need milions to create interesting and valuable gay theme film. Read more
Published on 5 April 2011 by Pitbulltje
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Agape versus Eros
Agape versus Eros - how do you live with a co-husband, a wife and a kid without passions muddling up things and possessiveness getting into play and in the way!? Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2009 by Jeep Tenk
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No place like home
I must have been looking the other way when this film was originally released or perhaps it just didn't get the release I believe it deserved. Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Magpie
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Living life without a blue print
This is one movie I cannot rate highly enough, Colin Farrell's Bobby is one of the most beautiful creations (inside and out) in film today. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2008 by John Canning
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Forget the film - read the novel
I have read the superb novel on which this film is based several times and, while I know films rarely live up to the novels on which they are based, mostly due to time constraints,... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2007 by patashnik
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie.
This film was surprisingly great!! I read the title information and didn't think it sounded that great but with C. Farrell in it thought i'd give it a chance. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2007 by Christopher McDougall
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Masterfully created Soap
A well crafted film. I watched with delight and sadness and will see it again and again. C Farell's character is a little too good to be true, but yet he was stoned most of the... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2007 by M. Lekic
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search for an alternative kind of family
Bobby experiences an early loss of his beloved brother, but inherits his lust for a take it easy approach to life. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2006 by Anna
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