Wondeful movie, somewhat a sleeper
Added 5/13/2009
Viewed the last 15 minutes of this file on IFC one night and my wife and I found ourselves wanting to see the entire movie.
We were not disappointed. Robin Williams was great and it is always nice to see him not being zany once in while. David Duchovny did a good job as well. Great story, well portrayed.
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House of D
Added 3/11/2009
This movie proves that David Duchovny is not only an excellent actor but a talented writer as well. Regardless of what that critic (whatever his name is) said several years ago, this is a movie well worth watching. It's a touching story of the friendship between a teenage boy and a retarded man. The boy also develops a friendship with an inmate at the House of Detention, near his neighborhood, whom he never sees. They just talk to each other. Tea Leoni plays the mother of the teenager beautifully. (She's beautiful even in bad movies such as Fun With Dick and Jane.) David Duchovny appears at the end of the movie.
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An American homage to 400 blows!
Added 2/28/2009
Since Francois Truffaut made his masterpiece "400 blows" about the hopeless childhood, we had to wit for a fifty years to wait for a film like this one where precisely the sequence when Tomas runs is just the bitter end of 400 blows.
Paris will be the final stage of redemption and bliss for this desperate and sensitive teenager who simply is shocked sonce his mother remains in vegetative state.
The memories of his childhood never vanish and so being an adult, he will undertake his personal Ithaca, back to New York to remeet with his ashes of the past.
Heartfelt and warm movie that will let you think about the importance of following your bliss in this world.
Don't miss it.
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I love Tommy
Added 1/17/2009
Love this movie.really makes oyu think about the choices we make and how they affect everyone around us.
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House of D - More than touching and worth a look
Added 7/11/2008
I just finished watching "House of D" and consider this a great film worth at least a five star rating. The story is more than touching with several wonderfully special characters that almost everyone can to relate to. While watching it I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but was always smiling.
I will not try to tell the story but only say that it features Robin Williams and David Duchovny in a story set in Greenwich Village, the Chelsea area of New York, and briefly in Paris. Robin Williams and David Duchovny were wonderful as were the many other actors in this underrated film. Apparently, Amazon viewers liked it as well.
The DVD includes some interesting but short documentaries on the making of this film and some good bigraphical material on David Duchovny. It also discussed casting the film which was a big part of making this very excellent movie.
Every now and then when I watch a film like this (because of casting) I briefly come to my senses and realize that cinema has so much more to offer than horror and sci-fi movies.
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Wondeful movie, somewhat a sleeper
Added 5/13/2009
Viewed the last 15 minutes of this file on IFC one night and my wife and I found ourselves wanting to see the entire movie.
We were not disappointed. Robin Williams was great and it is always nice to see him not being zany once in while. David Duchovny did a good job as well. Great story, well portrayed.
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House of D
Added 3/11/2009
This movie proves that David Duchovny is not only an excellent actor but a talented writer as well. Regardless of what that critic (whatever his name is) said several years ago, this is a movie well worth watching. It's a touching story of the friendship between a teenage boy and a retarded man. The boy also develops a friendship with an inmate at the House of Detention, near his neighborhood, whom he never sees. They just talk to each other. Tea Leoni plays the mother of the teenager beautifully. (She's beautiful even in bad movies such as Fun With Dick and Jane.) David Duchovny appears at the end of the movie.
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An American homage to 400 blows!
Added 2/28/2009
Since Francois Truffaut made his masterpiece "400 blows" about the hopeless childhood, we had to wit for a fifty years to wait for a film like this one where precisely the sequence when Tomas runs is just the bitter end of 400 blows.
Paris will be the final stage of redemption and bliss for this desperate and sensitive teenager who simply is shocked sonce his mother remains in vegetative state.
The memories of his childhood never vanish and so being an adult, he will undertake his personal Ithaca, back to New York to remeet with his ashes of the past.
Heartfelt and warm movie that will let you think about the importance of following your bliss in this world.
Don't miss it.
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