A Home of Our Own

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, A Home of Our Own is available in the US on Hoopla right now. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. With 99 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Kathy Bates anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Available now on Hoopla — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, A Home of Our Own earns its spot. The writing in A Home of Our Own treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. And head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey. Kathy Bates and Edward Furlong lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1993. What elevates A Home of Our Own is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

A Home of Our Own is what you recommend to people who say they do not really watch much. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Kathy Bates's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.