By Hollywood standards, this is a good film. But life doesn't work like this - a broken home and a long-broken parent/child relationship simply cannot be mended this simply, and the choices made at the end of the film are not realistic. Label me a cynic, but I had to suspend quite a bit of disbelief to make this film work. That said, Kevin and Hayden are excellent in their roles, and the initial premise works. I admit I choked up at the end of this, so on that level the film works. I'm just warning you that you and I both know that life is not like "Life as a House."
Review of Life as a House
