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Home Room (DVD, 2003)

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In the aftermath of a small town high school shooting, nine are killed and one, popular Deanna (Erika Christensen), is wounded. As students and the victims' relatives try to make sense of the situation, Deanna recuperates in the hospital. A detective (Victor Garber) is given the difficult task of laying the blame on someone, and he focuses his attention on Alicia (Busy Philipps), an intense, outsider-type student who was the only witness to the entire incident. A clearly troubled and unpopular girl, Alicia is forced by the school principal to visit Deanna daily in the hospital. While Deanna, though troubled by the ordeal, is friendly and sociable, Alicia is angry and verbally abusive. Over the course of days, however, the girls form a bond that arises out of coping with great tragedy. Small but ambitious, HOME ROOM deals with the sensitive subject of teenage gun violence sensitively and intelligently. With the intimate style of a stage play, Paul F. Ryan's screenplay attempts to examine the senseless aftermath of a school shooting, from every angle. Busy Philips's carries the film with her magnetic performance of Alicia, the troubled goth girl who hides her secrets with a tough exterior.

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UPC0043396018952

eBay Product ID (ePID)3432216

Product Key Features

ActorBusy Philipps, Erika Christensen

RatingR

Movie/TV TitleHome Room

DirectorPaul F. Ryan

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Leading RoleBusy Philipps, Erika Christensen

Film CountryUSA

Release Date20031014

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by 69wtiger
Apr 06, 2024
Well done and very thoughtful.
The story line of a school shooting is not so much the aftermath but of how two different students bond together and start to see that even though they are completely opposite of each other, they and all students can learn from this tragedy how to treat each other as human beings and see everyone as an equal. The intense scene at the end of the movie is heartfelt and emotional.
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by hkk2667
Aug 10, 2024
Enjoyable and kept my daughter and I interested.
It was different than expected, but quite engaging and entertaining to watch.
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by jvllx
Jun 03, 2020
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