Title: Wonderful metaphor
Product review: In this movie, Kevin Kline plays a dying man who wishes to rebuild his life and relationships with his family. While living in a shack in the shadow of his ex-wife's home, he reaches out to his son, a drug-abusing, profane teenager whose aimless rebellion is distasteful to everyone around him. Kline begins tearing down his old house while reliving unhappy memories of his own father. He shares reminiscences with his son, and slowly begins building a new house and a new relationship. Various neighbors are portrayed as the dysfunctional people they are, but eventually the whole neighborhood gets into the act and the building progresses at a dramatic rate. Excellent performances are turned in by Kevin Kline, Hayden Christensen as his son, and Kristen Scott-Thomas as his ex-wife. This one is worth your time!
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