Home Room (2002)
- 2002
- ·R
- ·133 min
The aftermath of a high school shooting leaves Deanna Cartwright seriously wounded and nine others dead, including the perpetrator.
Martin Van Zandt is assigned the unenviable task of investigating the crime and finding someone to hold responsible.
His attention settles on Alicia Browning, a darkly troubled outsider who, as the only person present throughout the entire incident, is both the key witness and a possible suspect.
Further complicating her isolated existence, Alicia's high school principal compels her to pay a reluctant visit on the still-hospitalized Deanna.
Privileged and popular, Deanna differs dramatically from the alienated Alicia.
Yet, beneath an upbeat appearance, she is struggling desperately with the emotional and physical scars left by the attack.
Over the next few days, united by nothing more than their common suffering, the two young women form an unlikely friendship to cope with the tragic events that threaten to overwhelm them.
- Actors
- Busy Philipps·Erika Christensen·Raphael Sbarge·Victor Garber
- Directed by
- Paul F. Ryan
- Genre
- Crime·Drama
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Director
- Paul F. Ryan
Santa Cruz Film Festival 2002
- Best of Fest - Feature
Chamizal Independent Film Festival 2003
- Best American Film
This is a very good film about two young women from very different backgrounds who bond in the aftermath of a Columbine type shooting in their high school Spoilers: Alicia Browning (Busy Phillips) and Deanna Cartwright (Erika Christensen) survive the day. Alicia is left blood-covered, but unwounded and Deanna is shot in the head and survives.
This film looks like it's going to be a stock, script-o-matic, type thing but manages to take nice twists in plot and dialog along the way, Admittedly, some of it is format but most of it is excellent writing. The best thing is the casting for the principles.
This film does really give you a taste of the survivors who were involved with the school shooting. It probably was either the 3rd or 4th anniversary of the Columbine Shootings around the time that this film was finally shown in cinemas.
