Product Details

• Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman, Danielle Panabaker, Kenneth Mitchell, Brent Briscoe
• Directors: Rusty Gorman
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Screen Media
• DVD Release Date: April 6, 2010
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0034C22BQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,980 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Home of the Giants" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Gar is a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship when his best friend matt the teams star is asked by a drug dealer to throw the big game gar inevitably gets caught in the middle. Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 04/06/2010 Starring: Haley Joel Osment Danielle Panabaker Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Rusty Gorman

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, April 8, 2010

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Sarah Thomas "Sarah" (London, England.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home of the Giants (DVD)

I absolutely loved this movie, I wasn't expecting much after watching the trailer but when I finally got round to seeing this, I was impressed.

The story is great, a nice twist at the end with some brilliant acting too. Ryan Merriman is fantastic as the star basketball player, Matt. He's such a believable character that you can relate to and I personally fell in love with. Haley Joel Osment is also great as his best friend who gets roped into the scheme to help Matt's brother.

I honestly enjoyed the movie and have watched it many times, I strongly recommend to get this. I have no idea what movie 'Filmgeek' was watching but looking at their other reviews they have given all but one movie 1 star. So don't pay attention to them and enjoy this movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, but flawed, March 13, 2011

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home of the Giants (DVD)

Hey look! It's the Thunder Alley boy and he's a teenager trying to grow his hair long now! haha

Home of the Giants, despite being somewhat predictable (and uninspiring) in the storytelling department, isn't that bad of a drama. No, it's definitely not a comedy or one of those "feel good" family films about overcoming obstacles in a sporting event, that's for sure.

It's about a star basketball player (and his friend- the Thunder Alley boy who's name is Haley Joel Osment so you are aware I actually know the dudes name) who happens to get involved with a troubled drug addict, and all three of them eventually develop this plan to break in and rob a mans home and steal his money.

However there's a huge twist at the end that I personally admire for being completely unpredictable, but I have to take away one point because the conclusion didn't mention at least two important elements to the storyline (that I won't spoil in case you haven't seen Home of the Giants). The ending wasn't fulfilling to me.

Basicallay the storyline consists -not entirely of an important basketball game- but the teens walking around school and feeling paranoid about the house they broke into, and wondering if the guy they robbed will ever find out who did it and come and get them.

It's a pretty good movie without a lot of substance, to be honest, but good enough to be watchable.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood Reporter, February 28, 2010

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Edward R. Gorman (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home of the Giants (DVD)

Published in HOLLYWOOD REPORTER on Oct. 23, 2007
By Duane Byrge
Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO -- March Madness shows its sinister side in "Home of the Giants," a saga about Indiana state-championship basketball. The main rivalry is not on the court, but off the hardwood, as two brothers go one-on-one in a good-vs.-evil showdown. This appealing, heady independent film won audience fans here at the Chicago International Film Festival. Starring Ryan Merriman as Matt, a high-school basketball star, and Haley Joel Osment as Gar, his loyal, brainy sidekick, "Home of the Giants" is funny and gritty. With sly digs at high-school culture,
filmmaker Rusty Gorman spins a sharp morality story centered on the tribal insanity of Indiana high- school basketball.
In this sharp depiction of middle-American life, Matt is reveling in his "glory days": He's the high- school star who realizes that he'll never play at the next level. He's got a one-man entourage in his brainy friend Gar (Osment), who, both realize, will someday far outpace Matt in the game of life.
Filmmaker Rusty Gorman puts a shrewd trajectory on this jock yarn, layering the drive to the championship with some unsettling human issues. At its core, "Home of the Giants" is played out on a much larger court, and Matt's greatest challenge is to overcome the dark legacy of his older brother."Giants" is smartly shot with just the right character rotation between its two leads: As the sharp-shooting star, Merriman struts with high-school star cockiness and self- absorption, while Osment is winning as the sidekick who must assume leadership. Other players deliver solid turns: Kenneth Mitchell is riveting as Matt's bad-apple brother. Danielle Panabaker's new-girl-in- school freshness adds a perky dimension to the storyline. Writer-director Gorman shows a talent for credible character creations and a deft control of the story, no mean feat since "Giants" blends multiple narrative styles of drama, romance and comedy. Technical contributions are A-game, most prominently editor Dan Schalk's up-tempo pacing and cinematographer Rodney Taylor's on-target framings of the heartland.