This Is Where We Live (film)

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This Is Where We Live
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Directed by Marc Menchaca
Josh Barrett
Written byMarc Menchaca
Produced byBenjamin Fuqua
StarringRon Hayden
C.K. McFarland
Marc Menchaca
Tobias Segal
Frankie Shaw
Barry Corbin
CinematographyRyan Booth
Edited byScott Brignac
Filip K. Kasperaszek
Music byBrian Elmquist
Brian Murphy
Kanene Pipkin
Release date
  • March 9, 2013 (2013-03-09)(SXSW)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

This Is Where We Live is a 2013 American drama film written by Marc Menchaca, directed by Menchaca and Josh Barrett and starring Ron Hayden, C.K. McFarland, Menchaca, Tobias Segal, Frankie Shaw and Barry Corbin. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2013. [3] Then it was released on November 22, 2013. [1]

Reception

The film has an 86% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. [4]

The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review: "This beautifully acted, admirably understated drama never succumbs to mawkishness." [1]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But though the developing bond between the two men — one of whom is virtually nonverbal — is credible and even touching, the storytelling is too oblique to reel you in." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "This Is Where We Live: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. November 21, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Catsoulis, Jeannette (November 21, 2013). "An Unusual Health Care Worker". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. Cone, Nathan (March 13, 2013). "SXSW 2013: Quietly Affecting Family Drama, 'This Is Where We Live'". Texas Public Radio. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  4. "This Is Where We Live". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.