The film firstly follows Kathy (Jennifer Connelly) as she is evicted from her beach house due to taxes that she didn't owe. Sand and Fog, and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy, and God, I know I'm one." Reader Reviews. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. This is his last chance to keep up appearances for his wife and son, and to look substantial in the eyes of his daughter's new Iranian husband and in-laws. However, Kathy, desperate to get the house back, begins harassing Behrani so he will return it. He works very quickly without rest, but when Torez stops the orange highway truck in front of the crew, Tran hurries for his paper cup of water with the rest of them. | Rating: 3/5 Visitors can view some of BookBrowse for free. More By and About This Author. Lester says he will leave his wife and family for Kathy, and although maybe he will, he certainly shouldn't. Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, House of Sand and Fog is a devastating exploration of the American Dream gone awry. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. A devastating exploration of the American Dream gone awry. ... it recaptured my attention with the pitch-perfect performances of both Ben Kingsley and Shohreh Aghdashloo. The house was left to her and her brother when their father died. Even in atmosphere, momentum is too steady to hit all that hard, because even though this film is never dull, to my pleasant surprise, some hint of blandness stand within dry spells that, quite frankly, stiffens pacing, and therefore allowing you to meditate upon the perhaps unreasonable length of the film. Just $12 for 3 months or Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. |, September 26, 2005 Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers! Perelman and his long-suffering stars make a spectacle of pain, but fail to register any lighter notes, while the denouement seems calculated to wring out every last tear. Kathy has memories, too. And they are a reminder. House of Sand and Fog did have some powerful scenes but the whole was less than the sum of its parts. Like I said, the Iranian's just can't catch a break, but hey, their and some American's problems sure do make for a good film, even if potential does get a touch "fogged" up (Yes, I said it) by some of this film's problems.