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Cast & Crew

Irwin Winkler
Director
Mary Steenburgen
As Colleen Beck
Kristin Scott Thomas
As Robin Kimball
Kevin Kline
As George Monroe
Jena Malone
As Alyssa Beck
Barry Primus
As Tom
Scott Bakula
As Officer Kurt Walker

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After being fired from his job and diagnosed with terminal cancer, George Monroe decides to fulfill his lifelong dream of building a house by the sea. Enlisting the help of his troubled teenage son Sam, George hopes to repair their strained relationship and leave a lasting legacy. As they work together on the house, George and Sam slowly reconnect, and George also reconciles with his ex-wife Robin. But as the project nears completion, George's health begins to deteriorate, and he must confront the reality of his own mortality. Will he be able to finish the house and make peace with those he loves before it's too late?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Life as a House include Good Will Hunting, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Ron Clark Story, Magnolia, Fight Club, American Beauty.

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Life as a House was released in theaters on October 26, 2001.