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 "A winning and wildly fascinating work."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Smith examines the intimate, unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country."
-- Nick Carter, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"a documentary ditty that just barely sustains its 65 minute running time"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"“Home Movie” is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"More than their unique residences, Home Movie is about the people who live in them, who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it."
-- Annlee Ellingson, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"The pitch must have read like a discarded House Beautiful spread."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"Smith's approach is never to tease, except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes."
-- MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
"What's most striking about this largely celebratory film ... is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an Ikea world."
-- Paul Malcolm, L.A. WEEKLY
"A plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home,' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households."
-- Max Messier, FILMCRITIC.COM
"A naturally funny film, Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith's next movie."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"A gloriously kooky chronicle of freak-flags flying high... combines Errol Morris’ nonplussed lens with a penchant for damaged oddball subjects that merges the apparent instincts of Paul Thomas Anderson and David Lynch."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"A pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that Errol Morris has often dealt with...it does possess a loose, lackadaisical charm."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
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-- Rachel Gordon, CULTUREDOSE.NET
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"Some people march to the beat of a different drum, and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in, this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"A fascinating doc about place and person in spiritual synergy"
-- Thom Fowler, HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP
"Watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy."
-- Chris Gore, FILM THREAT
 "It feels like very light Errol Morris, focusing on eccentricity but failing, ultimately, to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs."
-- Shawn Levy, OREGONIAN
"Smith's point is simple and obvious -- people's homes are extensions of themselves, and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"At just over an hour, Home Movie will leave you wanting more, not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face."
-- Mark Rahner, SEATTLE TIMES
"A celebration of quirkiness, eccentricity, and certain individuals' tendency to let it all hang out, and damn the consequences."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
""Home Movie" is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time."
-- Steven Snyder, ZERTINET MOVIES
"A true pleasure."
-- Scott Von Doviak, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
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-- David Perry, CINEMA-SCENE.COM
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FRESH 82%
Avg. Rating: 6.4/10 |
"[Smith] simply celebrates the universal desire to fashion our homes for our needs and desires."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Seems like someone going through the motions."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"The film is slight but sweetly inquisitive, and its participants are endlessly fascinating."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
"Smith finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"Smith is careful not to make fun of these curious owners of architectural oddities. Instead, he shows them the respect they are due."
-- John Petrakis, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"I like this movie a lot. I like that Smith, he's not making fun of these people, he's not laughing at them."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"A distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable, especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Smith profiles five extraordinary American homes, and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame, it's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Mr. Smith makes us look afresh at our own digs and at, as the old saying goes, what makes a house a home."
-- Jane Sumner, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"An engaging documentary about people who live in unusual homes."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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"The cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to Stonehenge. Before long, you're desperate for the evening to end."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
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* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Home Movie" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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