A Home at the End of the World Movie Review 2004

Cunningham adapted his 1990 novel, but the beauty of his prose gets lost in the transition. Sweet-but-awkward Bobby Morrow (Farrell) meets shy outsider Jonathan Glover (Roberts) in 1967 Cleveland. When Bobby is orphaned, he moves in with the Glovers (Spacek, Frewer) and stays with them even after Jonathan takes off for gay life in the New York. Bobby later follows and then bunks with Jonathan and his older, platonic roommate Clare (Wright Penn). Jonathan is in love with Bobby but it's Clare who seduces him and gets pregnant. When the threesome move out of the city and try to raise the baby together, Clare soon realizes that the emotional intimacy between the two men leaves no room for her. Farrell is tender, but the storytelling is disjointed and the ending somewhat abrupt. Farrell's controversial frontal nude scene, allegedly cut for being distracting, was not restored for the DVD release.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gays, Romantic Triangles, Family Ties, Flashback, Adoption & Orphans, Drug Use & Abuse, AIDS, Brothers & Sisters, New York, New York, Books to Film: Michael Cunningham

Screenplay

Michael Cunningham

Cast

Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek, Matt Frewer, Erik Smith, Harris Allan, Andrew Chalmers, Ryan Donowho

Cinematography

Enrique Chediak

Director

Michael Mayer

Music

Duncan Sheik

Other

Douglas Ganton, Linda Cohen, Lee Percy, Edward S. Bonutto, Beth Pasternak, Michael Shaw

Producer

John Hart, Jeffrey Sharp, Pamela Koffler, Katie Roumel, Christine Vachon, John Wells, Killer Films, Warner Independent Pictures