Borrowing liberally from superior cine-predecessors like Ordinary People and American Beauty, Life As A House is a dull domestic melodrama. In it, a dying father (Kevin Kline), his ex-wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) and their troubled son (Hayden `Anakin Skywalker' Christensen) reconnect one summer as they build a house together. They bond against the backdrop of fiery sunsets and clunky symbolism; we cover our mouths to stifle yawns and vomit.
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