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Little Pink House

  • 2017
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Jeanne Tripplehorn and Catherine Keener in Little Pink House (2017)
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A woman fights a group trying to evict her whole neighborhood and give it to a corporation. In a close decision, the Supreme Court favors the evictions. The corporation never builds anything... Read allA woman fights a group trying to evict her whole neighborhood and give it to a corporation. In a close decision, the Supreme Court favors the evictions. The corporation never builds anything on the site of her demolished home.A woman fights a group trying to evict her whole neighborhood and give it to a corporation. In a close decision, the Supreme Court favors the evictions. The corporation never builds anything on the site of her demolished home.

  • Director
    • Courtney Balaker
  • Writers
    • Courtney Balaker
    • Jeff Benedict
  • Stars
    • Catherine Keener
    • Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Callum Keith Rennie
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Courtney Balaker
    • Writers
      • Courtney Balaker
      • Jeff Benedict
    • Stars
      • Catherine Keener
      • Jeanne Tripplehorn
      • Callum Keith Rennie
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    • 24User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Susette Kelo
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Charlotte Wells
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Callum Keith Rennie
    • Tim Leblanc
    Colin Cunningham
    Colin Cunningham
    • Billy Von Winkle
    Giacomo Baessato
    Giacomo Baessato
    • Scott Bullock
    Jerry Wasserman
    Jerry Wasserman
    • Jim Bratten
    Aaron Douglas
    Aaron Douglas
    • Governor
    Rob LaBelle
    Rob LaBelle
    • Gallagher
    Garry Chalk
    Garry Chalk
    • Mayor Lloyd Beachy
    Barbara Tyson
    Barbara Tyson
    • Paulette Vecchiarelli
    Brenda McDonald
    • Agnes Vecchiarelli
    Christine Willes
    Christine Willes
    • Sandy Beachy
    David Milchard
    • John Kramer
    Miranda Frigon
    Miranda Frigon
    • Dana Berliner
    Gardiner Millar
    Gardiner Millar
    • Chip Mellor
    David James Lewis
    David James Lewis
    • Josh Harrigan
    • (as David Lewis)
    Tom McBeath
    Tom McBeath
    • Norm Hagen
    Michael Kopsa
    Michael Kopsa
    • Howard Munson
    • Director
      • Courtney Balaker
    • Writers
      • Courtney Balaker
      • Jeff Benedict
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    9spike-88

    Spot On

    I was fortunate enough to meet Susette Kelo before seeing the movie. It is amazing how closely Catherine Keener gets her right; her look, voice, shyness and inner strength. The movie also does an excellent job of balancing the political story with the personal one. It's a very fine line because with too much of one you'd have a documentary and too much of the other you wouldn't know what was going on. Well worth the price of admission.
    7rupie

    despotism right here in America

    This is somewhat of a depressing film to watch, as we all know the ending, and it's not a happy one. The highest court in the land basically said it was fine for government to seize the private property of Party A and give it to Party B if the net result was more revenue for the government doing the seizing. Stalin, Mao, Mussollini and Hitler would have hailed the decision. The film itself is a bit understated and there are no top tier actors involved, but the story is told well and everyone acquits himself well here. It is worth noting that, in the final Supreme Court decision it was those nasty and mean-spirited right-wing conservatives - O'Connor, Rehnquist, Thomas and Scalia - who sided with Ms. Kelo, while all the liberal champions of the poor and downtrodden - Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kennedy and Stevens - said it was fine for the government to seize working people's private property.
    random-70778

    Great documentary. Lots of people on left don't realize studies show leftist judges side with large corporations most often

    For the history for the US, federal state and local government have been able to take private property "for public use" if no reasonable alternatives . It is, in fact in the Constitution. BUT the left Supreme court justices, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, along with centrist Kennedy decided to reinterpret this and conflate a new insanely broad "public purposes" allowance of seizure with "public use." Public use meant a needed road, fire station, library, extending an airport, etc. Public purposes means anything any government entity decides is in the public interest: specifically anything that will increase the tax base. So if your home is single story, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kennedy decided that your town, count or state can seize your home and sell it to any developer or corporation that would build something larger, be it a corporate headquarters, or just a bigger home for someone else to live in, on the basis that this increases taxes which is supposed to be a "public purpose." This documentary, while slightly uneven tells the story of the court case and the shameful decision by corporate lackeys like Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, breyer etc.
    7Minnesota_Reid

    Earnest But Worthy

    The movie deals with a significant social issue, the growing trend of municipalities abusing "eminent domain" to evict lower middle class people from the homes they own to hand the land over to big corporations, in the name of urban renewal. The movie suffers a bit from "TV movie of the week" syndrome, but it is well done and the issue is timely.

    The fact-based movie is grounded in one woman's story to save her home and her community. Toward the end, the movie goes a little too far afield in following irrelevant parts of her story rather than the main story line, but that's a small quibble.
    9lasprite

    Engrossing Acting...and Well Done Presentation of the Law

    This film gets to you. As a retired constitutional lawyer, I'm usually hard on Hollywood's typical cutting-corners presentations of legal procedures and issues. And as a life-long performer of various kinds, I usually view acting with a critical eye. This film did a great job of both: the actors playing Susan Kelo and her boyfriend were so believable & created so much empathy for the characters, that it was actually a wrench to see photos of the story's real-life principals at the end, to be reminded by those that it *was* acting. The writer and director did an excellent job of making the substance of complex & very serious legal issues accessible, and the procedural steps clear and comprehensible. Even the scene of a Supreme Court argument, usually something very, very difficult to distill simply, was tight, succinct and clear. Throughout, the human elements of the story predominated: what eminent domain did to the people of one neighborhood -- and the human elements were very engrossing. The villains may seem to outside eyes just a slight touch caricatured, but I am sure that, through the eyes of Susan Kelo and her neighbors, the bureaucrats, politicians & functionaries who knowingly stole their homes, deserved every bit of those portrayals. An excellent job overall!

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    • Trivia
      While the cast list says that Sandra Day O'Connor is the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, she never held that position. However the movie is correct in showing her as the presiding justice at the oral argument where just seven justices were present. Chief Justice Rehnquist was absent due to illness. Associate justice Stevens was also absent due to a travel delay. However both those justices did participate in the final 5-4 decision.
    • Goofs
      While Susette's house number is correctly shown as 8, as in 8 East Street where the little pink house was located, there are numbers on other houses that are four digits. New London is only six square miles and has no streets with houses with four digit numbers, especially in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood which is made up of several short streets.
    • Quotes

      Charlotte Wells: Yes, once we take care of the blight in the area, we can finally make this city hip! it's very... it's very exciting.

      Susette Kelo: Is that... this is my house.

      Charlotte Wells: Where?

      Susette Kelo: It's right there. it's right... in the blight.

    • Soundtracks
      Going Home (for Thanksgiving)
      Written and performed by James Houlahan

      Courtesy of Gumbo Luvah Music

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2018 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La casa del río
    • Filming locations
      • British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Brightlight Pictures
      • Korchula Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $220,948
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $68,507
      • Apr 22, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $220,948
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      1 hour 38 minutes
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