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Life as a House (2001)
★ 7.1 · 445 ratings on TMDB
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.
DirectorIrwin Winkler
CastHayden Christensen, Ian Somerhalder, Jamey Sheridan, Jena Malone, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas
GenresDrama
The emergence reading
Life as a House keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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