Home From the Hill

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Home From the Hill

1960

2h 30m

Drama

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For his entire life, Theron Hunnicut's (George Hamilton) mother, Hannah (Eleanor Parker), has sheltered him from the philandering of his father, Wade (Robert Mitchum). Despite her best efforts, Theron acquires his father's taste for women when the elder Hunnicutt takes a sudden interest in his upbringing. When Theron unexpectedly impregnates Libby, the daughter of a local shopkeeper (Everett Sloane), he struggles with conflicted feelings about marriage and his family's legacy of infidelity.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

01/23/2017

Its rhetoric may be laconic and folksy, but its fury and its nobility seem distilled from Shakespeare.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

06/07/2021

3.5/4

A rich family drama anchored by Robert Mitchum's fine performance and further distinguished by superlative support, by George (two of them, actually).

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

11/05/2019

Although it is too long and there are some perplexing gaps and ambiguities in the story, this is an interesting and richly atmospheric rural drama with a Deep South locale.

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

07/12/2019

Minnelli milks every last drop of sentiment from the not-at-all distinguished script. And many drops that aren't there.

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Raquel Stecher

Out of the Past

10/31/2018

it deserves more recognition for its exploration of toxic masculinity, its portrayal of a dysfunctional family, Minnelli's excellent direction and the great cast.

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Paul Brenner

Filmcritic.com

03/21/2009

4/5

Minnelli pulls back the stinky underbelly of this Texan-hell family in all his scope splendor

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05/06/2021

I'm sure it was a big movie in it's time, but I didn't really enoy the story much despite the great cast

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03/25/2018

Its rhetoric may be laconic and folksy, but its fury and its nobility seem distilled from Shakespeare.

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01/25/2016

Great epic. Shows why Peppard rose to be a star. Also showcases how under rated Robert Mitchum has been in Hollywood.

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@ScottR 04/30/2015

A sad tale pitching gender and love against one another.

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12/02/2013

A true Hollywood classic worth watching again and again....!!!!!

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12/23/2012

One of Minnelli's greatest works.

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Synopsis

For his entire life, Theron Hunnicut's (George Hamilton) mother, Hannah (Eleanor Parker), has sheltered him from the philandering of his father, Wade (Robert Mitchum). Despite her best efforts, Theron acquires his father's taste for women when the elder Hunnicutt takes a sudden interest in his upbringing. When Theron unexpectedly impregnates Libby, the daughter of a local shopkeeper (Everett Sloane), he struggles with conflicted feelings about marriage and his family's legacy of infidelity.

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: Edmund Grainger, Sol C. Siegel
Screenwriter: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 2h 30m

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