Synopsis
Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
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Cast
- Colin FarrellBobby Morrow (1982)
- Dallas RobertsJonathan Glover (1982)
- Robin WrightClare
- Sissy SpacekAlice Glover
- Ryan DonowhoCarlton Morrow
- Erik SmithBobby Morrow (1974)
- Harris AllanJonathan Glover (1974)
- Ron LeaBurt Morrow
- Wendy CrewsonIsabel Morrow
- Matt FrewerNed Glover
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
At its best, A Home at the End of the World has great emotional strength. But it's not the towering achievement it might have been if Cunningham had stayed truer to his original inspiration. - 80
Variety
Driven by soulful performances and by a genuine sense of wonder for the unpredictable permutations of love and family. - 75
USA Today
The movie is really a lovely ensemble piece. Beautifully conceived and written by Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours), the film has a distinctly novelistic and literate style. - 70
Newsweek
Packs an irresistible emotional punch. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Cunningham's depth of feeling transformed the book's premise into something beyond sniggers or camp, and the best moments in the movie, which was directed by theater veteran Michael Mayer in his film debut and adapted by Cunningham, have a similar emotional charge. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Most of the movie feels like Farrell's performance: deeply sincere, and more showy than convincing. - 50
The A.V. Club
The result: some intriguing moments, even more intriguing performances, and a film that doesn't quite work. - 50
L.A. Weekly
I can't think of another contemporary novel -- unless it be Cunningham's far more ambitious and less successful "The Hours" -- less suited for the journey to film under any direction but that of, say, Russian dreamer Alexander Sokurov.
