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House of Fools

Play trailer Poster for House of Fools R,  2003,  1h 44m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 40% 47 Reviews Tomatometer 82% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
40% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 82% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Believing her fiancé is singer Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams), a psychiatric patient (Yuliya Vysotskaya) falls in love with a Chechen soldier (Sultan Islamov).
House of Fools

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Critics Consensus

House of Fools has a potentially intriguing fact-based story to tell, but an insensitive approach to depicting mental illness undermines its effectiveness.

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Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel Aug 29, 2003
3/5
Vysotsky projects an essential sunniness that helps keep the film from turning maudlin. Go to Full Review
Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News Jul 11, 2003
C-
It ultimately feels like a folly that sounded great in the filmmaker's head, so great that he had to be put on screen, where it flounders around with no small degree of embarrassment. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Jun 15, 2003
2/5
The use of Bryan Adams as the madwoman's imagined paramour is indicative of just how mediocre this movie is. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Sep 11, 2005
3/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 28, 2003
C-
Tiresome! Go to Full Review
Steve Schneider Orlando Weekly Aug 29, 2003
3/5
It's hard to dislike a movie that identifies Russian mental patients as Bryan Adams' core audience. Go to Full Review
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Hermione G Jul 5, 2018 In turns, fun, strange and sad, 'House of Fools, a movie about an Insane Aslum in the middle of war, is only missing a few patients, the critics that gave it a bad review . See more
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Andrey Konchalovskiy

Director

Bryan Adams

Self

Sultan Islamov

Akhmed

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Zhanna

Vladas Bagdonas

Doctor

Stanislav Varkki

Ali

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Movie Info

Synopsis Believing her fiancé is singer Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams), a psychiatric patient (Yuliya Vysotskaya) falls in love with a Chechen soldier (Sultan Islamov).
Director
Andrey Konchalovskiy
Producer
Andrey Konchalovskiy, Felix Kleiman
Screenwriter
Andrey Konchalovskiy
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Bac Films, Hachette Première, Persona Films
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$57.7K
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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