A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

type

Movie

Current Status

In Season

mpaa

PG

performer

Kathy Bates, Edward Furlong, Clarissa Lessig

director

Tony Bill

distributor

Gramercy Pictures

author

Patrick Sheane Duncan

Genre

Drama

The world may not need another coming-of-age-in-a-cruel-cruel-world film. This year alone we’ve had Jack the Bear, This Boy’s Life, King of the Hill, and A Bronx Tale. Screenwriter Patrick Duncan’s memory-movie A Home of Our Own at least feels honest in its sentimentality, but that still doesn’t keep it out of the second-hand bin. As a seen-it-all mama who moves her brood of six to rural Idaho for a fresh start, Kathy Bates gives a smart but curiously unremarkable performance. More memorable are the younger actors, particularly T2‘s Edward Furlong (who’s beginning to resemble a teenage George Raft) as the oldest son/narrator, and Clarissa Lessig, an actress with the moony face of a Pierrot, as his sister. Despite their efforts, though, this familial tale is a too familiar tale. C+