Relationships And Happiness In The Film Life As A House Directed By Irwin Winklers

In the film “Life as a house” directed by Irwin Winklers, demonstrates the qualities of the link between relationships and happiness in great depth. George Monroeine is the main character who is middle aged man, divorced, fired from his job and has terminal cancer. Due to this he decides to rekindle the relationship that he has with his drug using, body-pierced, suicidal, Marilyn Manson-following son, Sam. George forces Sam to spend the summer with him in his run down home on the beach side. The home I symbolises the relationship between George and Sam. In the beginning the home was beautiful just like the relationship but after some time the home becomes old and dysfunctional. Similarly like the relationship between George and Sam their relationship