Life as a House - New Line Platinum Series

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Summary: Discover Hayden Christensen
Review: This film is not perfect. It gets a little soft and mushy in some areas. But for those who can look beyond, it has two great things going for it ... namely Kevin Kline and Hayden Christensen. For those of you who are just now beginning to notice Mr. Christensen - for his work in SHATTERED GLASS - take a look here. While SHATTERED GLASS is a great performance, in this earlier pre-STAR WARS performance, Mr. Christensen is called upon to go toe-to-toe with the great Kevin Kline. Not many young actors could do this as well as he does here. Mr. Kline gives it his all (as is his usual modus operandi) and thereby forces Mr. Christensen to do the same. The result is two great performances in a film that ultimately lets them down by taking the obvious pull-at-your-heartstrings way out. Unfortunate.