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starring: Harris Allan, Jeff J.J. Authors, Andrew Chalmers, Joshua Close, Wendy Crewson
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790795522
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0790795523
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: November 02, 2004
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 34632
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Colin Farrell takes a break from action flicks (S.W.A.T., Alexander) to make A Home at the End of the World, an intimate film based on a novel by Michael Cunningham (author of The Hours). As a boy, Bobby (played as an adult by Farrell) loses both parents and his beloved older brother, ending up more-or-less adopted by the family of his best friend, Jonathan (played as an adult by Dallas Roberts). Jonathan's feelings for Bobby go beyond friendship; Bobby is open to the possibilities. Bobby follows Jonathan to New York and falls into a relationship with Clare (Robin Wright Penn, The Princess Bride). The three form an alternative family, move out to the country, and discover that even alternative families have their dysfunctions. Bobby is so innocent and open he sometimes seems like a pansexual Forrest Gump, but Roberts, Wright Penn, and Sissy Spacek give rich performances. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Truely good
The movie was really good with good performance by the Actors. Who would have thought Colin Farrell was ever involved in something as thought provoking as this subject matter. Well done.
Rating:  - I really wanted to like this movie
I really wanted to like this movie. I had read the book,and the book was amazing!! The movie changed a lot of the main story line, and it became a mish-mash of ridiculous scenes. If you did not read the book, you might enjoy this, for those of us who did, stay away from this film.
Rating: - Growing Dead
This is a DVD about an individual who learns from a very young age about life. He learns about sex and drugs from his older brother. Who also takes to the back yard where a grave yard is conveniently placed. His brother teaches him about death as he runs through a glass window.
It tells of his mothers deat but does not show it. His sexual awakening is with an adolescent boy his age. Later on he has a wife and a baby. He is a good father. Though he still has feelings for his male ... Read More
Rating:  - Simply satisfactory.
While Michael Cunningham's book was phenomenal - each character working their way into your heart with their own narration - the film version is only satisfactory. The similarities, even in dialogue, are resounding (I find myself smile and nod at the moments I remember clearly), but the speed of the film is unsettling, and the deviations from the original story are disappointing. I commend the filmmakers for taking on the story of an extremely nontraditional family (major kudos - it's great!), but ... Read More
Rating: - A small gem of a movie!
This movie took me by surprise. A tour de force of acting, especially by Colin Farrell, and really, by just about everyone in the movie, I was captivated from first to last. A poignant story, it was made all the more enjoyable by the wealth of 70's & 80's music intergral to the story line. What a story. Beautifully told. Can't recommend it enough.
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