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Love the movie and all of the characters. The scenery is breathtaking. Very positive story.
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Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
Kline, in particular, has the spark and know-how to overcome some awfully belabored writing and situations. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
It's a pleasant movie, written with care for the characters. But as the film's title suggests, scriptwriter Mark Andrus has made too obvious and clunky a metaphor of George's house. Full Review
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
This one is nearly as bad as it gets, suggesting that all the wrong people were wielding the sledgehammers here. Full Review
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
Mark Andrus's script is built on soggy sandstone, and Irwin Winkler's bulldozer direction keeps unearthing toxic epiphanies.
That's not to say the movie isn't occasionally moving, as well as exasperating. Full Review
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
Works as a heart-warming, involving experience. Full Review
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