One of the quirkiest flicks I've run across. HOMEBODIES tells the story of a group of elderly folk who live in a condemned building in a city slum area. The block is being cleared for an industrial project by it's owner, but the tenets of this building refuse to move out of their familiar surroundings. When an accident causes delay in construction of a new skyscraper, the elders begin arranging for more accidents to keep their building standing a little longer... One oddball picture. It's opening sequences imply it's going to be about the hardships of the elderly in an uncaring world, but we eventually figure out that these people are just insane (standing in the way of progress out of selfishness more than anything else, but beyond being able to realize it). A weird one, to say the least, but I gotta admit that it kept me engaged. Plenty of familiar faces here, including Ian Wolfe, Peter Brocco, and Ken Tobey. An odd one you might not return to very soon, but intriguing in it's own quirky way.
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