
An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts moth... (Full plot summary below)
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An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts mother and child, then feels guilt and sets her up in a flat while she sorts out an adoption. Estelle's lack of faith, the Irish lass's spirit, Buddy's dream, racial prejudice, and the baby's fate play out.
Leave your thoughts about Two Family House.
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachWell-acted, lovingly put together and heartbreakingly honest. |
| San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerIt's the kind of small but amazing character study (think ``Marty'') that film lovers yearn for while griping that this type of picture no longer gets made. Turns out it does. |
| Film.comErnest HardyAn unassuming little film that packs a huge emotional and artistic punch. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinBeat by beat, scene by scene, gorgeous...at times emotionally devastating. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanA fairy tale that presents love as a case of mutual enchantment, Two Family House is not only uniformly well acted, superbly designed, lovingly lit, and sensitively scored, it's as romantic as it is funny. |
| Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesIt's all about the little things, and the way in which the little things can steal into your heart in big ways. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe charm and art of De Felitta's gentle domestic sketch expand far beyond biographical borders. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisUnfortunately, the look, pace, and structure of the film stop feeling elegantly restrained and pass into something like boilerplate mediocrity. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThe epitome of the small, character-driven film that the indie movement was supposed to champion before it became a hip mirror of the Hollywood star system. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonFor all the pic’s sentimentality, De Felitta refuses to back away from some unpleasantly realistic touches. |