Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

vaiople This was a fantastic movie. First off, the main actors: Robin Williams is brilliant & abstract, as always. Anton Yelchin once again demonstrates his prowess at an early age. David Duchovny is plain and basically David Duchovny-esque. Zelda Williams is good.The movie, while kind of lopsided regarding time span and storytelling, is like a combination of very very subtle, almost sub-soul influences coming together and affecting you mentally and emotionally. This movie will either cause in you intense desires or great satisfaction, as it touches upon many aspects of craving and loss.This is kind of like a Robin Williams movie, but the main character isn't Robin Williams. What I mean by that is the movie had funny sections, and parts were comedy, but most of the movie is deep drama.SPOILERS AHEAD (THEY DON'T GIVE AWAY THE STORY BUT GIVE SMALL DESCRIPTIONS. YOU SHOULD BE OK IF YOU DON'T MIND KNOWING TINY TIDBITS OF THE STORY)!!!!!:Regarding the sensibilities thing, don't watch this if you get very easily offended or shout racism at the drop of a top hat. It has only two significant black characters, one of whom is a pimp and the other of whom is in jail. Robin Williams plays a character constantly referred to as a "retard". Kids kiss. A woman ODs. A boy removes the plug of his mother's heart pumping machine (she was in a coma). There is a closeup of a low cut shirt and some insinuated things which I will not mention. SPOILERS OVER!!!!The purpose of this movie isn't to offend. It's to tell a different kind of story. I deeply enjoyed this movie. You might.

jpschapira Rule: No Robin Williams film is bad. Now we can begin talking about "House of D", the film written and directed by David Duchovny about a man reviving his past so he can find himself. This is Tommy, in the skin of Duchovny as an older man and in that of Anton Yelchin as a young boy. The plot line the director has created is not what we could call original; it's what we know as refreshing.In one of New York's many neighborhoods Tommy spends time with his best friend Pappas (Robin Williams), a retarded man who works as a janitor in Tommy's school. "Pap-ass", Tommy calls him, and of course the man calls the boy "Tom-ass". They both deliver food and play baseball with the kids of the different schools.In his first full-length script, Duchovny experiments with adolescent love and friendship in his own way, as he puts the main characters through a test. What the actor writes and directs seems to be very personal, very urgent for some reason. The film looks like if it was done in a hurry; the cinematography is too simple, the edition is too forced.Going back to the script, there are lots of things the viewer could ask Duchovny, like the speech from the beginning of the movie, which is pretty weird; like the title reference, which we understand, but we don't see it as crucial to the story as it is supposed to be for Yelchin's character. The story itself has something out of place; like if it had no reason of being (you'll see what I mean). The figure of the mother, played passionately by Tea Leoni, doesn't seem to fit completely.But the movie is watch able and moving at times and there are other things we find inspiring between the silly moments of the screenplay. What is silly sometimes becomes incredibly funny; mostly the material Robin Williams has to deal with, which lies in a fine line between comedy and drama. I may sound stupid but he actually looks like a retarded individual and he shines eventually throughout the film and we are as grateful as ever.Erykah Badu has one of the most powerful characters I've seen in a long time and her performance is equally powerful. And Alton Yelchin is one in a million. His voice is so peculiar, his manners are so carefully measured, the film lies on his shoulders and he doesn't care. This is an actor so talented that he hasn't turned twenty and you can trust him a whole movie.Duchovny doesn't even act in the film, but he shouldn't because this project means for him as a director; as a storyteller. And it's difficult to classify his piece: full of power but difficult to understand, exciting but incomplete. I had a lot of expectations with "House of D"; in the end most of them were fulfilled, but I'm sure next time around Duchovny will find something really worthy inside his house and we will be amazed. Rule: No Robin Williams film is bad.

jotix100 Judging by the high rating this film got from IMDb voters, it seems to be artificially pushed upward by a group of David Duchovny's fans. Actors who want to direct easily forget whatever lessons they learned while acting and being directed by professionals. To add to injury, David Duchovny wrote the material for his screen directorial debut, something that could have improved by an experienced writer.Mr. Duchovny, an actor who made his mark in television, is generous to a fault with his cast. The basic problem was engaging Robin Williams, an actor that without the proper guidance tends to run amok doing his own thing. Pappass is a child tried in a grown man's body that befriends Tommy, the teenager who is the director's alter ego.The transformation of Tommy into an artist that leaves New York to make a life in Paris is something not to be believed. The emphasis was in the relationship between Tommy as a teen ager and Pappass. We know little about his mother, who is obviously depressed after losing her husband. As a young widow she loses her will to live, even though she has a son to bring up.The basic fault with the film is that it has all the clichés in the world for being believable.

k_robbie Wow. I have to say, this movie is now my all-time favorite. I just watched this movie last night, and was up all night thinking about it. The actors/actresses in this film really capture the audience with their magnificent way of telling this story. If you like a film that is about life and how hard it may seem, this is the movie for you. I laughed, I cried, and I was amazed. There are laugh-out-loud parts, hide-your-face-so-no-one-can-see-you-crying parts, and totally amazing parts. Anton Yelchin did a great job with this character. He is very talented. Robin Williams did very well too. All of the people in this movie all did a fantastic job. I walked away very satisfied with the film all-together. I guarantee that this film will have you walk away pleased.