Finding Home (2005)

heartwarming

It was a pleasant surprise to watch. The acting was easy & casual and the scenery took me back to my childhood days in Vermont.
The storyline was simple and direct..
Sit back with some popcorn and just relax.. February 8, 2007

was my copy a bootleg?

Got this on dvd and the first copy skipped froze and was just unwatchable. The new copy was pixelated and very cheap looking with fuzzy outlines when the characters would move about. Yet the case looks real.
Are there 2 versions out there? My case had only one disc, yet I see Amazon says there are 2 discs. someone help me out? I want to see this movie but can't bear to watch the distracting bad? copy that I have,
Help!
anyone? February 2, 2007

A Touchstone...

Just finished watching this movie and it put me in a very reflective mood. I actually watched it because I saw that Louise Fletcher was in it, and have always thought that she is an exquisite actress. She brings a very sublime quality to every role I've ever seen her in that not many actresses can, even if they are small parts. I also read two reviews wherein the reviewer[s] wondered if this was a 'chick flick' - I didn't view it as that type of movie at all.

I would also have to agree with the one negative review I saw here that perhaps the acting chops were not first rate. The performances by Lisa Brenner and Sherri Saum were perhaps not as stong as they could have been, but they were not that bad either. The performances by Genevieve Bujold and Louise Fletcher were excellent.

Besides, the scenery and the slow unfolding of the story through flashbacks was like the waves from the beach washing over you - it more than made up for less than stellar performances.

And the final narration at the end of the film: "Life always comes full circle and love is the ultimate forgiveness" will stay with me for a long time.

Give this film a shot - I believe it will stay with you too. January 30, 2007

Diamond in the Ruff

I am writing this review from a culture that experiences more emotional extremes (between love and hate) than any other place in the world, Jerusalem. I found myself looking for a movie to watch this morning that could return me back to the safety and security I know in America, if just for a couple hours, when I ran across this one.

"Finding home" is a great wake-up call for what's really important in life. The acting is great, the setting is heart-warming, and the story line flows in perfect sequence from one scene to the next. It is also a mixture of the good and bad we experience in life and that also exists in each one of us. I wouldn't call it a chick-flick but you should get out of your head and into your heart if you want to get the most out of it. The challenges experienced in the lives of the characters portray a response that demonstrates the way we should all live our lives. Of course forgiveness is the is the main theme but there are other lessons to be learned as well; the importance of ones legacy through family, material insignificance, restraint from judgement of others, patience, kindness, even the importance of education if you look a little deeper. It is full of the subtle insights into life that can make or break our search for happiness and fulfillment.

I will certainly pass this film on to both friends and family members and I only wish it had subtitles in both Arabic and Hebrew so I could pass it on to non-English speakers here. I agree with the other reviewer that "It is a shame this film never got the promotion that it could have" and hence never made it into the public eye. I had to come to Israel to discover it and never heard of it before. At the end of the day I have to say it is truly a "Diamond in the Ruff". July 7, 2006

SLOW BEGINNING, LOTS OF TWISTS, ENDS UP 4+ STARS

Hi. If you are reading this review, then you probably already have found this "sleeper" and are looking to own to dvd - that's what happened to me. Having watched it through twice in the past twelve hours - once alone and once with my wife (and yes, she cried near the ending), this film goes well beyond being another "chick flick." The social themes are there, but underlying them I found a powerful uindercurrent of a theme - forgiveness and reconciliation. In the end, I found that THAT was the ultimate theme (and hope) of the film.

One of the aspects of the film I find interesting is the author's use of names. For example Amanda (lovable) and David (beloved) end up being the two protagnists in the film. Grace (which means grace), one of the antagonists is ironically anything but grace-filled but rather has a bitter quality to her life and personality. The other antagonist in the film, Nick (victory of the people), attempts to sow his seed upon anything that moves as he drowns in his self-glorifying ego.

Overall, once said and done this film is powerful and worthy of being in one's dvd collection. It is a shame this film never got the promotion that it could have - society would be a better place if we'd begin to live out the movie's theme.

David Schweppe
Aledo, Illinois May 30, 2006

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