House of D 2004
- Director: David Duchovny
- Seen by this director: some episodes of The X Files
- Based on the novel: no
- Cast: Anton Yelchin, Robin Williams, Téa Leoni, Erykah Badu, David Duchovny, Frank Langella, Zelda Williams, Olga Sosnovska, Alice Drummond, Mark Margolis
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Anton Yelchin – Cymbeline, Only Lovers Left Alive, Fright Night, Like Crazy, Terminator Salvation, Taken
- Robin Williams – The Butler, Night Listener, Insomnia, Good Will Hunting, Hamlet, The Bird Cage, Hook, Fisher King, Dead Again, Awakenings, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam, The World According to Garp
- Téa Leoni – A League of Their Own
- Erykah Badu – The Cider House Rules
- David Duchovny – Things We Lost in the Fire, Full Frontal, Return to Me, The X Files
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon, Good Night and Good Luck, Sweet November, The Ninth Gate, Dave
- Olga Sosnovska – The Leftovers
- Mark Margolis – Breaking Bad, Black Swan, Defiance, Gone Baby Gone, Requiem for a Dream
- Seen: 25 July 2021.
David
Duchovny wrote and directed the film and plays the part of an American artist
in Paris, estranged from his wife and son, who decides to tell them about his
past in an attempt at reconciliation.
In
1973 Tommy (Yelchin), thirteen years old, lives with his newly widowed and
depressed mother Katherine (Leoni) in Greenwich Village. His best friend and
co-worker, Pappass (R. Williams), is a delivery man and is described by
everybody as retarded. House of D refers to a women’s prison under which Tommy
and Pappas hide their tips and where Tommy has a shouted and ongoing discussion
about life with prisoner Bernadette (Badu).
It’s a coming-of-age story with a lot of
lame sex jokes. The whole film is a bit lame. I expected more from Fox Mulder.
It’s fun to see a young Yelchin and Badu’s huge Afro but that’s about it.
A little drama towards the end lifts it half a * but it’s still too soapy for me.
2 ½ * of 5
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