  | Life as a House (New Line Platinum Series) (2002) Actors: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas Release Year: 2002 Date: 11/29/2009 5:00 ET |
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An architect (Kevin Kline) loses his job and learns that he has terminal cancer all in the same day. He invites his estranged son (Hayden Christensen) to spend the summer with him building a house. The boy, a troubled teen, indeed grows to love his father, but feels betrayed and "tricked into loving him" when he discovers the truth about his father's prognosis. In the meantime, the boy's mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) has to come to grips with her rocky second marriage after falling in love with her first husband again, then learning that he doesn't have much time to live. This is a moving story of redemption and transformation that each character in the film experiences in one way or another.
Review Date: 11/29/2009
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