6.4 Score

2001 • 2h 5min • R • Drama

Life as a House

"Seen from a distance, it's perfect."

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

IMDb 7.4

RT 47%

MC 45

Director

Irwin Winkler

Writer

Mark Andrus

Composer

Mark Isham

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Kevin Kline

George Monroe

Hayden Christensen

Sam Monroe

Kristin Scott Thomas

Robin Kimball

Jena Malone

Alyssa Beck

Mary Steenburgen

Colleen Beck

Ian Somerhalder

Josh

Jamey Sheridan

Peter Kimball

Scott Bakula

Officer Kurt Walker

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