Product Details

• Actors: Anton Yelcin, David Duchovny
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.
• VHS Release Date: October 4, 2005
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000LW7R80
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #613,620 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars youth, crisis, friendship, and love, September 8, 2009

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Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House of D : Widescreen Special Edition (DVD)

This is a wonderful indie film that brought tears to my eyes. A man who is a mystery to his family comes to them with a revelation, a story of how he came to be an American in Paris. The story then cuts back to his early adolescence, when a series of events unfolded that abruptly changed his destiny.

His mother, grieving for his dead father, is unable to overcome the weight of her life. The boy is supportive, but also rebellious, taking on some hilariously unusual friends in Manhattan. Only after a terrible crisis does he decide to leave everyone behind. It is an extremely sensitive portrayal of a survivor - leaving home at 13 to go to Paris - who reveals his true self for the first time about 20 years later. The best part, in many ways, is his return to Manhattan with his family, to seek out his old friends and show them what he has become.

I loved this film. It is realistic and beautifully acted and directed. Warmly recommended.