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"Truth doesn't set us free."
George (Kevin Kline) hates his job as a model maker for an engineering firm. He lives in a hovel of a seaside cabin surrounded by nice houses. His neighbors don't like him and he feels the same about them. His life has been full of anger starting with his hatred for his father. His estranged teenage son Sam (Hayden Christensen) is into drugs and gives his mother no end of grief.
When George is fired from his job and learns he has a terminal illness, he sets about to demolish his cabin and build a fine home in its place with the help of his son and ex-wife Robin (Kristin Scott Thomas). What he finds is a metaphor for his life, a renewed relationship with his son, and an understanding with his ex-wife.
Also appearing are Mary Steenburgen as George's judgemental neighbor and Jena Malone as the neighbor's teenage daughter. Sam Robards and Scott Bakula also appear.
Terrific Mark Isham music.
Directed by Irwin Winkler.
Run time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Rated R for language, sexuality and drug use.
My personal rating: B
George (Kevin Kline) hates his job as a model maker for an engineering firm. He lives in a hovel of a seaside cabin surrounded by nice houses. His neighbors don't like him and he feels the same about them. His life has been full of anger starting with his hatred for his father. His estranged teenage son Sam (Hayden Christensen) is into drugs and gives his mother no end of grief.
When George is fired from his job and learns he has a terminal illness, he sets about to demolish his cabin and build a fine home in its place with the help of his son and ex-wife Robin (Kristin Scott Thomas). What he finds is a metaphor for his life, a renewed relationship with his son, and an understanding with his ex-wife.
Also appearing are Mary Steenburgen as George's judgemental neighbor and Jena Malone as the neighbor's teenage daughter. Sam Robards and Scott Bakula also appear.
Terrific Mark Isham music.
Directed by Irwin Winkler.
Run time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Rated R for language, sexuality and drug use.
My personal rating: B
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