''Housebound'' (also titled ''Kitchen Privileges'') is a 2000 American thriller film written and directed by Mari Kornhauser and starring Katharina Wressnig and

Peter Sarsgaard John Peter Sarsgaard (; born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in '' Dead Man Walking'' in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films ''Another Day in Paradise'' and ''Desert Blue''. That same year, Sarsga ...

Cast

*Katharina Wressnig as Marie *

as Tom *

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as Mignon *

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as Jarrid *Liz Stauber as Ricky * Ann Magnuson as Brandy

Release

The film premiered at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

on September 2, 2000.

Reception

Eddie Cockrell of ''

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'' gave the film a mixed review and wrote that "...Wressnig brings a fine Euro gravity to the updated

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role, but viewers will be distracted by overly schematic and unconvincing production design." Ron Wells of ''

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'' gave it a positive review, praising Kornhauser "...for expressing some unfashionable compassion of a tale that demonstrates that two people, no matter how screwed up, can help each other if they open themselves up."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, 10003132-housebound 2000s English-language films American thriller films