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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 57% Rotten Page   1   C+ "This 'House' is no Oscar® palace, but neither is it a movie-of-the-week tenement."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna C- "This one might be appealing to those who love an overabundance of sentimentality."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Gets a lot of mileage out of some very fine performances before making way for mawkishness in the final half-hour."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "The weepy Life as a House becomes little more than a shameless riff on American Beauty by way of Bob Villa."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "A film that absolutely should not work, but does because of gentle directing and stellar acting, and a general avoidance of the 'you WILL cry!' techniques employed by many tearjerkers."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "Entirely prefabricated...the attempt to meld 'American Beauty' with 'Terms of Endearment' proves shallow indeed."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A heartfelt drama about the courageous efforts of one very alienated man to give birth to himself in the world before leaving it."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The movie gets us to feel about the characters, their relationships, and their circumstances, and that goes a long way towards allowing us to forgive the screenplays' occasional mis-steps and wrong turns."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "One half-step shy of schmaltzy, but relentlessly heartbreaking."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Decent, but not great."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "Damn man, who knew that watching a movie about people building a house would be so powerful!? Good stuff."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 6/10 "Although it's totally schmaltzy, House is still somewhat stirring, due to its performances."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "It may be time for a moratorium on that plot."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 3/4 "Retrato de la importancia de las relaciones humanas y el dolor que estas conllevan."   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3 "Let me just warn you – you will need a hanky. Who cares if it's a little too neatly done?"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 8/10 "Llorarán y sin embargo saldrán de la sala con una sonrisa de esperanza y los deseos de construir su propia casa-existencia, ajustada a sus propios y más íntimos anhelos."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2/4 "A blatant tearjerker with the kind of shady characterization and plot development that give the genre a bad reputation."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "This manipulative weepie will bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye, but you'll bitterly resent how it was extracted."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "Rebuild your house, rebuild your home, rebuild your family, rebuild your life is the rather obvious message. If only it really were that simple."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "It says that relationships - like houses - need to be built."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/5 "...subtle, magnetic performances and moments of real power and feeling."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "While it is both funny and tragic, the two themes don't always work together."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C+ "Kevin Kline and solid production values raise it from the doldrums."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "On the rare occasion that House does connect, it's because of Kline's tender performance."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "For a movie that's all about embracing life wholeheartedly, Life as a House sure does a good job of keeping its actors in check."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 1/4 "Adrift in a turbid morass of Forrest Gump-isms"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 8/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/4 Read review   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman Read review   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 57% Rotten Page   1