Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Overrated

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Dreadfully Boring

A simple and poignant film about muddling through life and the desperation to belong somewhere. The characters are interesting and commendably established, not too much and not too less, just enough to know their minds and emotions. The movie has quite a few unique and memorable scenes, from the initial elder-brother-having-sex scene, to mom smoking up, and mutual masturbation.Colin Farrell really surprised me with his nuanced portrayal of a sensitive and innocent guy trying to find a firm grip on life, who time and again loses people closest to him. And talented actors like Sissy Spacek and Robin Wright were welcomed additions, who play intriguing characters, different from what they've played before. Debutant Dallas Roberts was good as well.One would expect more conflict when three characters are trying to establish a family together, but the calm and composed outlook was refreshing. The story moves from one moment to the other, and then just tries to deal with it, just like life; doesn't lead to, or even promise, a strong or compelling ending. It takes us in and then throws us out, leaving us there to contemplate...just like Bobby (Colin); we see and feel everything through his eyes.

You know, I already knew this movie would be bad from the get go. I mean, in the very first scene, Bobby wakes up hearing some sex noises, and then he goes there to see what's going on. He opens the door of his brothers' bedroom, and guess? His brother is having sex-- WITHOUT EVEN LOCKING THE DOOR. When the girl notices Bobby is watching them, she stops it and say "bye", jumping out of the window. Bobby's brother, instead of feeling embarrassed, says "bye" to her, holds Bobby and tells him "that's just love, you don't have to be afraid of it." I believe there is some magic trick in that scene; Bobby's brother was having sex in a take; than the camera shows Bobby, then it comes back to his brother, who now isn't having sex anymore, but smoking a cigarette-- he apparently lighted the cigarette in less than 2 seconds. In a day after, Bobby's brother gives him an LSD bottler, in order to see "different colors"; let's just NOT forget that Bobby isn't even 12 years old. After these happenings, I sincerely wished it would occasionally get better, but it doesn't. Now Bobby is in high school, sees a guy in the school's refectory, and guess how he starts a conversation with the guy? He just asks him if he wants to smoke some joint. What??? More ridiculous than that, the guy ACCEPTS, even thought he's a formulaic nerd that Hollywood loves to portray in every high school film. Oh, and he wears braces! WHY DO GEEKS IN MOVIES HAVE TO WEAR BRACES? I mean, ordinary people can't use that? Or, do all geeks have crooked teeth? I still hold on strong and watched some more minutes. After that, there are absurd scenes, like Bobby offering his friend's mother a joint-- albeit she's a redneck who has never seen that--, and worse than that, she ACCEPTS!! The mutual masturbating scene is also implausible, and so is the one in which Sissy Spacek's character CATCHS the guys masturbating each other-- OK, it may be plausible, considering their relationship, but it was extremely compelling! It wasn't necessary! In fact, all that I mentioned was ENOUGH for me to turn it off! "A Home at the End of the World" is a very bad movie that makes me feel sorry for the people involved in this, given the POOR storyline and directing. There are far better movies involving such subject out there, just look around!

Bobby and Jonathan go from sad and lonely kids to confused teenagers to complicated and disoriented adults. "A Home at the End of the World" throws out questions of homosexuality and heterosexuality, it's all very intimate, and just like life, not very clear.Primarily about relationships, and relationships at every stage of life, this film has a great introspective emotional quality to it. But better than the relationships are the actors. Colin Farrell, a frequently great actor, is still surprisingly good as Bobby. As Jonathan said, "Bobby's not gay. Well, really, who knows what he is?". Jonathan on the other hand is gay, at least he thinks he is. Jonathan is played by the brilliantly subtle Dallas Roberts. An amazingly versatile actor who frequently flies under the radars, and I am now more convinced that he is the best (relatively) unknown actor around.I believe that "A Home at the End of the World" is more meant for children of the 60s rather than children of the 80s (or later). It had the 60s' experimental elements and the 60s soundtrack which probably gives greater empathy connections for its audience. After all, Bobby and Jonathan were children of the 60s.

This is a rare and amazing example of how beautiful, courageous film storytelling can be used to touch people to say things that really make us think, really make us feel. These characters are totally captivating. The dialogue is genuinely unique. Nothing about this film is pat or predictable. I thought Colin Farrell was very good in both The New World and Pride and Glory (great films), but I developed an idea of what he is like, what he is capable of as an actor. His performance in this film showed me that he may be capable of ANYTHING. I was shocked that he could play this character and so wonderfully - totally amazing. I am won over.