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Life As a House | 1312__lifeasahouse_l
MONEY PIT ''Life As a House'' (starring Kline) is a real fixer-upper
Life as a House: Merie W. Wallace

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Release Date: Nov 09, 2001; Rated: R; Video Release Date: Mar 26, 2002; Genre: Drama; With: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas; Distributor: New Line Cinema

Producer-turned-director Irwin Winkler builds his dying-man-struggles-for-redemption drama on an already-visited ''American Beauty'' cul-de-sac with ''The Graduate'''s Mrs. Robinson living next door. As George, a terminally unhappy and ill would-be architect trying to reconnect with his aerosol-huffing son (a daring Hayden Christensen) by rebuilding his house, Kevin Kline solidly leads a talented cast (which includes Mary Steenburgen as the seductress neighbor). But there's only so much substance they can add to Mark Andrus' over-manipulative gingerbread-house script.


Posted Mar 12, 2002
 

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