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Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, David Hewlett ... see more see more... , Suzy Amis , Christopher Plummer , Maury Chaykin , Dylan Walsh , Ken Pogue , Sheila Kelley , David Bronstein , Ida Carnevali , Robbie Coltrane , Frances Flanagan , Prabha Gandhi , Paulina Gillis , Michael Kirby , Gary Krawford , Howard Lende , Sandi Ross , Juan Aro Sanchez , Albert Schultz , George Seremba , Ralph Small , Timothy Stickney , Dennis Strong , Najma Uddin , Philip Williams , Emma Woollard , Maurice Godin , Christine Kossak , Ric Sarabia , Catherine Blythe , Anne-Marie MacDonald

In this comedy from writer-director John Boorman, wealthy real estate mogul Stewart McBain (Dabney Coleman) owns a demolition firm which specializes in blowing up old buildings to make way for upscale... read more read more... new ones. When neighbors protest his plans to raze a dilapidated old building to make way for a new Brooklyn subdivision, television crews film the confrontation, and McBain comes off like a fool. His three spoiled children ridicule him. Tired of their carping, McBain gives them each 750 dollars and drops them off at the old building, known as the Dutch House. Daphne (Uma Thurman), Chloe (Suzy Amis), and Jimmy (David Hewlett) are at first completely lost, because they have no idea how to live in the real world. As McBain and his wife, Jean (Joanna Cassidy), monitor their children's progress, the three youngsters learn to get along with the neighborhood people and eventually set up a commune of sorts, into which they invite their friends and various homeless people. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: John Boorman

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003

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  • ajv2688
    April 10, 2011
    ajv2688
    One of my favourite movies where a bunch of rich young adults are forced by their folks to live out on their own. The actors are great, and it's funny as well. I loved this movie.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    July 30, 2010
    YosemiteSamFan
    A miserable Dabney Coleman comedy with he and his artistic children living in a rundown apartment building. I didn't realize a younger Uma Thurman was in this one.
  • bbcfloridabound
    April 23, 2009
    bbcfloridabound
    Got this movie for one reason Suzy Amis. And its a crazy movie, about a rich dysfunctional family. And when the father goes to see the daughter perform at school, he snaps because of her body painting, so he throws his kids out into a city apartment house to let them fend for the... read morere own way, so begins the story and about the only thing I found interesting was the Body Art, it was so cool and its worth watching the movie for, and I also like the homeless magician shitty, he was such a good actor, reminded me a little of cannery row. but still with all this the movie only gets 3 stars, the art work 5 stars, but its the movie we are to grade here.
  • hypathio7
    June 3, 2009
    hypathio7
    Strange movie with colorful characters. I liked the artist sister the most and her project of photographing murals with live people blended into the art.
  • WrellikW
    July 15, 2008
    WrellikW
    This movie is alright, but the Trump L'ois paintings, in this picture, are something to see; they are amazing! I recommend this movie just for the paintings alone, not to mention the movie. It's a 3 star movie, with 5 star paintings, thus, a 4 star average.
  • AllisonJ
    March 22, 2006
    AllisonJ
    I cant really remember anymore since i watched it so long ago, but i remember wanting to watch it again!

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Critic Reviews

Steve Crum
October 19, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

Well intentioned but failed attempt at morality story about homelessness

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
August 30, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Misses the mark by a mile.

Alex Sandell
March 4, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Well-intentioned hunk of trash.

Ken Hanke
January 9, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Fascinating, overlooked reworking of Leo the Last.

James Sanford
January 1, 2000
James Sanford, rec.arts.movies.reviews

The screenplay could have been lifted from any random night of idiotic TV sitcoms and the Boormans dress it up with some of the most precious and highfalutin dialogue this side of a college theater pa... Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Charles Taylor
January 1, 2000
Charles Taylor, Salon.com

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