Life As A House is a bold and beautiful story...its highly recomand by me. I brought it years ago and i watch it like hundreds time. Not beacuse of the actors in the film, but because of the touching inspring story of how life is like a house.
I brought this movie when i was 17, and it change my point of view of family valau. This story involve father and son relationship, divorce, drugs, and more. When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father. Alot of things going on in one movie. 
His "house," literally and figuratively, in not in order. And he decides to do something about it. He's determined to tear down his old house and rebuild a new one, and he begins by arranging for Sam to come and live with him for the summer. And it will be a summer that will affect, not only George and Sam, but Robin, and a number of others, as well; a summer in which the trivial things of life are put on hold; and for once, the important things are embraced. 
Kevin Kline brings George Monroe believably character. He conveys his inner-most feelings in a way that enables the audience to make that all-important emotional connection with the character. He makes you feel as though you know him; and once you do, and once you meet Robin, it's hard to understand what went wrong between them all those years ago. One can only assume that somewhere along the line youth and a lack of focus took it's toll-- understandable in a world that bombards us daily and it's one of the subtle perspectives that makes this film so effective.
Kristin Scott Thomas gives a convincing performance for the character Robin, a woman who has moved on with her life, but in whom you can discern a certain dissatisfaction with her current situation. On the surface, her life seems agreeable, but we see through her portrayal that it is still lacking in some regard. She seems happy to some extent, but it's more like the unfulfilled happiness that comes when one has "settled" for something. You get the sense that what she has with her current husband, Peter (Jamey Sheridan), is somehow less than what she had with George, at least at some point or other. Kristin Scott Thomas does a good job of indicating the complexities of her character, dipping beneath the surface to make what could have been a one-note character alive and interesting.
One of the REAL rewards for this film, however, is found in the wonderfully affecting performance of Hayden Christensen, as Sam. With but a few TV appearances and a handful of unremarkable films to his credit (the exception being a part in Sophia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides"), Hayden Christensen is virtually an unknown on that time (It's a performance that should jump-start his career, which is about to be catapulted into high gear/high profile status when "Star Wars: Episode 2, Attack of the Clones" hits the screen, in which he plays the role of Anakin Skywalker) but comes through with some extremely impressive work here. 
He not only finds, but manages to convey, that turmoil of confusion and need for personal identity that every teenager experiences, and he presents it quite naturally and effectively. There's nothing feigned or pretentious about him; the Sam he delivers comes from somewhere deep down inside, and working from the inside out makes him very real and believable. And because of the magnitude of that film and all that goes along with it, he will never receive the acclaim he deserves, no matter how good a job he does in it; so it's important that he has this film under his belt, which demonstrates what a truly gifted young actor he really is.
Hayden's performance here is a big part of what makes "Life As A House" a winner. Hayden got normination for his role as Sam: 2001 Golden Globes-Best Supporting Actor, 2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Male in Supporting Role, 2002 Online Film Critics Society Awards-Best Breakthrough Performance. And won: 2001 Young Hollywood Awards-One to Watch (Male), 2001 Movieline's First Annual Breakthrough of the Year Awards-Breakthrough Actor of the Year, 2001 National Board of Review-Best Breakthrough Performance.
I give this DVD 5 star out of 5.
Cast: Kevin Klien (George), Kristin Scott Thomas (Robin), Hayden Christensen (Sam), Jena Melone (Alyssa)
My favourite quote from the movie:
be the limelight.
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