The House of Tomorrow
Shout! Factory | Release Date: April 27, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
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5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The PlaylistKyle KohnerMay 10, 2018
The House of Tomorrow is a charmer that will incite a smile from ear-to-ear with each and every scene brimming with hope in the face of downtrodden situations and a world that tells you no. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 24, 2018
It’s an emotionally satisfying experience that brings to life a group of appealing characters and allows them to grow and expand in front of the lens. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaApr 27, 2018
It might not always gracefully connect its plot dots, but “Tomorrow” is almost always watchable. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 26, 2018
As a film about punk rock, living on the edge and coming into your own, The House of Tomorrow is a strong debut from Livolsi. Read full review
70
Village VoiceBilge EbiriApr 23, 2018
The House of Tomorrow sticks to a time-tested coming-of-age template that’s as common in the indie world as the superhero origin story is in the studio world. But there’s good news, too: When it’s not busy hitting the usual notes, Peter Livolsi’s film, which is based on a novel by Peter Bognanni, manages to be a touching exploration of what “tomorrow” actually means. Read full review
70
TheWrapRobert AbeleApr 20, 2018
“More with less” is a rewarding concept when it comes to indie movies, and writer-director Peter Livolsi’s The House of Tomorrow delivers just that in a brisk 90 minutes, telling a sweet, tart, and intelligently life-affirming story of teenage friendship and outsider spirit with a supremely light touch, and a winning collection of performances. Read full review
63
ObserverRex ReedApr 27, 2018
It’s not much of a movie, but it feels good and leaves you with life-affirming optimism. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWes GreeneApr 23, 2018
The impressionistic tenor of the unabashedly energetic final sequences is so wondrous that you may wish that writer-director Peter Livolsi had utilized it as The House of Tomorrow's guiding principle. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghApr 26, 2018
For a film that atonally screams praises of the destructive power of punk rock, The House of Tomorrow is disappointingly, if crowd-pleasingly, textbook. The pedestrian narrative still makes for a winsome coming-of-age tale, buoyed as it is by a talented cast and visually striking setting. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 26, 2017
A mawkish coming-of-age story that marries Sundance vibes with a soft punk spirit, Peter Livolsi’s The House of Tomorrow never manages to flesh out its skeleton of quirks, but its heart is definitely in the right place. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMay 23, 2018
Part of what’s missing in The House of Tomorrow is the acerbic punk spirit that inspires its two heroes, which could have been remedied by a sharper script. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMay 16, 2018
It’s so amiably predictable that you end up wanting to throw some Motörhead at it, just to see what happens. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 26, 2018
Working from Peter Bognanni’s 2010 novel, the writer and director, Peter Livolsi, has created a painfully quirky tale that’s so contrived you can almost hear the gears of the plot grinding. Read full review
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