Fresh
Flawed but sincere -- the sort of thoughtful, adult movie that rarely appears in the summer.
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Home at the End of the World
Family can be whatever you want it to be.
2004 · 1h 36m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Michael Mayer
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A Home at the End of the World
Overview
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
Director and cast
- Michael Mayer Director
- Colin Farrell as Bobby Morrow (1982)
- Robin Wright as Clare
- Dallas Roberts as Jonathan Glover (1982)
- Sissy Spacek as Alice Glover
- Ryan Donowho as Carlton Morrow
- Erik Smith as Bobby Morrow (1974)
- Harris Allan as Jonathan Glover (1974)
- Andrew Chalmers as Bobby Morrow (1967)
- Ron Lea as Burt Morrow
- Wendy Crewson as Isabel Morrow
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Despite some very good acting in most roles, the people on the screen seem like types with labels.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
It may sound like grade-A melodrama, but A Home at the End of the World turns out to be much more ambitious -- and, unfortunately, less interesting.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Casting is everything in a film like this, and in the major roles, Mayer scores two out of three.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Although the actors do a magnificent job with the piffle, the characters hardly ever act the way real people do in the situations they are presented with. They act, instead, the way characters in a movie act.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
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