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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The PlaylistKyle KohnerThe PlaylistKyle KohnerThe 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.
- 75RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaRogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaIt might not always gracefully connect its plot dots, but “Tomorrow” is almost always watchable.
- 70TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert Abele“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.
- 70Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThe 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.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshAs a film about punk rock, living on the edge and coming into your own, The House of Tomorrow is a strong debut from Livolsi.
- 63Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneThe 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.
- 60Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghArizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghFor 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.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichA 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.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisWorking 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.