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Life as a House
2001
· Movie
· 125 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2539
- IMDb #1330
- Rotten Tomatoes #2629
- Metacritic #3306
- Letterboxd #2105
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3951
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #761
- Metacritic Critics #3865
- Metacritic Audience #2040
- Kinopoisk #726
- AlloCiné #2196
- Trakt #1426
Every rating
45–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88. Critics average 46, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Irwin Winkler
- Writer
- Mark Andrus
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
- Released
- 25 October 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $23.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2001 | Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture | Hayden Christensen | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Kevin Kline | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Hayden Christensen | Nominee |
| Aspen Filmfest 2001 | Audience Award for Favorite Feature | Irwin Winkler | Winner |
| National Board of Review Awards 2001 | Breakthrough Performance | Hayden Christensen | Winner |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Kevin Kline | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Hayden Christensen | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor — Motion Picture | Hayden Christensen | Nominee |
Aspen Filmfest
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for Favorite Feature | Irwin Winkler | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance | Hayden Christensen | Winner |