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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA film that takes a steadfastly gentle look at some of life's harshest moments while not overlooking its joys, House of D deserves a chance to find an audience.
- 50VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyDavid Duchovny scores considerably higher as director than as screenwriter.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDavid Duchovny’s debut as a writer-director puts little flesh on the bones of the roguish tricks he got up to as a lad in Greenwich Village in the 1970s.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAn overly picaresque first feature written and directed by David Duchovny, who also co-stars.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe war between highly specific coming-of-age angst and icky-sticky overcoming-adversity cliches eventually brings the whole thing down.
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThe movie tries to be both comical and touching, as befitting the coming-of-age genre. But it feels forced, derivative and sometimes sappily sentimental.
- 30Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkMarred by a rambling voice-over at one end and a pat therapeutic resolution on the other, the film has a nice half-hour patch somewhere in the middle.
- 30The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe burden of the story, which is maudlin and entirely unbelievable, weighs down even the more credible performances.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittHouse of D, arrives in theaters this week, after debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. I'm sorry to report it's the opposite of impressive.
- 10Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternEveryone in the film seems to be in solitary, thanks to Mr. Duchovny's stultifying style. If there was a single moment of spontaneity, it escaped me. Ditto for frivolity, though bogus poetry abounds.