Product Details

• Actors: April Barnett, Ryan Smith, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Cedric Yarbrough, Andrew Friedman
• Directors: Armen Kaprelian, Kent Llewellyn
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Magnolia
• DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000QQET82
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,317 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

CLOSING ESCROW is the story of three quirky families seeking to buy their next home. They re all moving for different reasons and none of them are getting along with their real estate agents.African American attorneys Bobby and Tamika have hired Hillary Macella as their real estate agent. Hillary is a racially hyper-sensitive white woman dealing with more than her share of white guilt. That is until she gets mugged and starts seeing the world quite a bit differently.Tom and Dawn are an unconventional couple. When they met Tom was happily married to another woman. But thanks to Dawn s unstoppable persistence (the police reports called it stalking but Dawn doesn t like to think of it that way) Tom was convinced to leave his wife and start his life over again in a new home with Dawn. They ve wound up with a shady real estate agent with a knack for damaging homes to make them more affordable for his clients. This makes house hunting somewhat awkward for Tom and Dawn not to mention a little dangerous.Mary and Allen feel like they ve lucked out with their real estate agent. Not only is Peter Jacobsen a great guy and a talented agent he s also their friend. But as it happens Peter is living in a much nicer house than Mary and Allen can afford sparking a one sided competition with jealous Allen as he connivingly tries to one-up his agent in the middle of their house hunt.All three families converge on the same property which inevitably goes into multiple offers. Who gets the house?System Requirements:Running Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 876964000949 Manufacturer No: 10094

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cleverly funny film about the foibles of the home-searching process, August 23, 2007

By	dorianh49 "computer guy" (Murrieta, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I happened to catch this movie last night on high-definition cable. Having never heard of it (and not knowing about it's premise), I thought I'd watch a little bit, as my wife and I are saving up to buy a home of our own, and it seemed that there might be some insight to be gleaned by viewing it. I quickly realized, however, that this was a farcical mockumentary in the style of "Best In Show", "A Mighty Wind", and "Spinal Tap" (this film, "Closing Escrow", has no cast or crew in common with those movies, as far as I know).

Although the writing isn't as snappy as its predecessors, it's still quite good, with a couple well-written and acted characters. The journey of 3 completely different couples looking for their perfect home, each with the "help" of their own quirky realtor, all eventually converging on the same home in the finale, is equal parts hilarity, weirdness, and almost-went-somewhere gags.

This is one of those films that will most likely have a cult following among realtors and others in the home-buying biz; for the rest, this is probably a good week-night rental.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You gotta see this one, August 26, 2007

By	M. Guillory (Plano, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the kind of movie that as you are watching it, you start to realize the humor in even the most subtle ways. You don't need to have gone through a home purchase to have fun watching this one. Just sit back and enjoy the crazy scenario of each home buying couple and their strange realtors as they unfold.

If you HAVE gone through the purchase of buying home, it will probaby conjure up a number of funny moments from your own experiences.

Definitely check this one out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Movie but I missed the Christopher Guest Cast, July 5, 2008

By	stdakd12 "stdakd12" (East Texas) - See all my reviews

I thought the movie rated well; however, I was psyched out to see some of the Christopher Guest cast in this "mockumentary," but none of the Guest cast showed up, and I could see each one of them in the different roles. Imagine seeing Fred Willard as a Real Estate Agent with a chain saw...etc.

Anyway, kudos to the wonderful job the writers, producers, directors and actors did. Everyone did a supurb job, and I hope to see these producers do some more mockumentaries in the future. It seems as if they have their own cast, so I will be looking forward to seeing them in the future. You give Guest and cast a good run for the money. Thanks for the great entertainment on the fourth of July weekend.