LIFE AS A HOUSE is a classic example of a very well-made bad movie: well photographed, largely well-acted, sequentially clear. But, in the end, absurd, pointless, and a dreadful waste of time with a character who is not simply vacuous, but almost totally without interest.
And it contains one prodigious goof.
Kevin Kline is followed throughout the film for a period of several months. In every shot he has a two-day growth of beard. We never see him shave. The beard never changes in length, but seems to be slightly whiter at the end of the film than at the beginning. Is this deliberate??? They can not not have noticed!
In summary: This is one of those movies that is annoyingly spoiled by a small and seemingly inconsequential flaw. It is like that thing in so many movies where people go out of a house and don't shut the door behind them (real people normally close the door.) Distracting and irritating.
And it contains one prodigious goof.
Kevin Kline is followed throughout the film for a period of several months. In every shot he has a two-day growth of beard. We never see him shave. The beard never changes in length, but seems to be slightly whiter at the end of the film than at the beginning. Is this deliberate??? They can not not have noticed!
In summary: This is one of those movies that is annoyingly spoiled by a small and seemingly inconsequential flaw. It is like that thing in so many movies where people go out of a house and don't shut the door behind them (real people normally close the door.) Distracting and irritating.