I just finished seeing this movie an hour ago and I'm actually pretty satisfied with it. I heard from this website that it was a good movie so I decided to rent it. I was also curious about Hayden Christensen's performance and after seeing it, I thought he was great. He played a totally believable miserable teen with a lot of inner problems. In a way his character, Sam, and his father, Kevin Kline as George, are similar in the sense that they both are alone. Sam purposely shoves away affection and his family. George lives by himself as a divorced man. At one point he tells a nurse that he hadn't been touched warmly by another person, family or friend, in years.
I've always enjoyed watching Kevin Kline but in this film, he was different. I'm used to a more comical and happier character portrayal. Here, he is miserable and alone. I think that, from what I'm used to seeing from him, this was perhaps one of his best performances.
At first, it is a little slow moving, but it picks up. I found it sad to believe that the mother had absolutely no control over her son. Kline and Christensen were good together. A father trying to find love from his son before he dies and keeping that from his family for so long shows that he wasn't so much selfish as he was selfless. It is very easy for someone to regret not patching problems up with a friend or a loved one before it was too late. His decision to build a house was what saved he and his family.
It was a good, sweet film that I recommend to anyone with family issues, even minor ones. Appreciate your family and know that it's not too late to help a person change.
I've always enjoyed watching Kevin Kline but in this film, he was different. I'm used to a more comical and happier character portrayal. Here, he is miserable and alone. I think that, from what I'm used to seeing from him, this was perhaps one of his best performances.
At first, it is a little slow moving, but it picks up. I found it sad to believe that the mother had absolutely no control over her son. Kline and Christensen were good together. A father trying to find love from his son before he dies and keeping that from his family for so long shows that he wasn't so much selfish as he was selfless. It is very easy for someone to regret not patching problems up with a friend or a loved one before it was too late. His decision to build a house was what saved he and his family.
It was a good, sweet film that I recommend to anyone with family issues, even minor ones. Appreciate your family and know that it's not too late to help a person change.