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House of Cards

Play trailer Poster for House of Cards PG-13 1993 1h 47m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A recent widow (Kathleen Turner) refuses to accept a psychiatrist's (Tommy Lee Jones) diagnosis of her 6-year-old daughter's (Asha Menina) behavior.

Critics Reviews

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader The movie is quite easy to follow and respond to throughout–even when it furnishes us with a dream sequence... Rated: 3/4 Jun 2, 2022 Full Review Robert Faires Austin Chronicle Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times House of Cards is all but inexplicable. It is not interesting, intelligent, plausible, thought-provoking, entertaining or necessary. Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Garret Condon Hartford Courant Your humble critic is no child psychiatrist, but it seems likely that, under the scrutiny of mental-health types and parents of autistic kids, such a thesis would collapse like a you know what. Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 16, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Two-grand performances Rated: 3/5 Mar 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Love this movie, just wish I could stream it! Was super surprised at the low reviews! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review isolde l Because the film is so unbelievable, it's a good thing the film feature two believable actors - Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones - that it became a bit bearable to watch. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting piece that focuses on the wonder of imagination. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this years ago and I don't think I actively disliked it, but then again my standards were probably lower. I can forgive the weird misconceptions about autism due to the time it was made, but doubt I'd recommend it to anyone now... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good film that shows Autism if I recall, but also perhaps a little bit of a magical mind. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review bill c I like this movie on a multitude of levels. Mainly I love Kathleen Turner in one of here best roles ever. She plays a talented architect and single mother tying to balance her passion for her work with her passion for her daughter and son and the loss of her husband. Her husband studied Maya tribes in South America and had accidentally died while investigating these tribes. She has a teenage son and a 5 year daughter. Her daughter at five is exceptional. Speaks several languages and shows other signs of brilliance and traveled with her father when not in school. The daughter is the focus of the story. Kathleen internalizes here own feeling about the loss of her husband and is not able to supply the need closure and support for her daughter who takes after her late husband. Her daughter becomes increasingly distant at school and eventually enters near catatonic state. The school calls in Tommy Lee Jones the school districts Social worker/psychologist. After his initial assessment he diagnoses her as autistic and Kathleen disagrees. Jones threatens to remove her into protective custody. Its nice to see Jones as something not related to law enforcement. Anymore plot would be a spoiler, suffice to say some people take exceptionally long paths to reach the short distance and effort to bridge the distance between two hearts. Seen it ten plus times and its still good for a good cry. Sorry to the people who thought this movie had anything to do with Autism. I’ve done volunteer work with autistic children and this movie has nothing even vaguely to do with autism. In addition, it is amazing how good of a movie can be made with minimal production costs Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A recent widow (Kathleen Turner) refuses to accept a psychiatrist's (Tommy Lee Jones) diagnosis of her 6-year-old daughter's (Asha Menina) behavior.
Director
Michael Lessac
Producer
Dale Pollock, Lianne Halfon, Wolfgang Glattes
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 18, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$102.4K
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo