A Lot or a Little?
What you will—and won't—find in this movie.
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Positive Messages
very little
Sometimes it's okay to give up on plans in the face of reality. Humble surroundings aren't necessarily worse than luxurious ones.
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Positive Role Models
a little
A young girl is wiser and more intuitive than her parents; she cares for her baby sister when her parents are no longer able to. A mother makes a final sacrifice for her baby. Characters put a lot of time and energy into fixing up a house. Some older women are flat out mean to their younger relatives.
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Diverse Representations
very little
Characters are animated as doll-like humans (all White), rats, bugs, and cats.
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Violence & Scariness
some
All three chapters evoke a feeling of dread, a sense that something bad is going to happen (and often does). Characters face threats, seem to go crazy, and die. A baby rolls down some stairs and an adult falls several stories into water. A rat collapses after inhaling poison and is sent to the hospital. A bug is smashed and we see a finger playing with its mushy guts. A cat hits her head twice.
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Language
a lot
"F--k," "s--t," "damn," "fool," "Christ," "Jesus," "for God's sake," "Jeez Louise."
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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking
a little
A father gets drunk and falls asleep on his plate of food. His dad is remembered as a "worthless drunk." Other characters drink champagne and wine.
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Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the animated film The House seems intended for adult viewers. While its three stories aren't outright horror, they all evoke a feeling of dread and a sense that something bad is going to happen. The first chapter is especially spooky and characters face threats, seem to go crazy, and die. A little girl has to take care of her baby sister when her parents become incapable, and they face some scary situations. The baby rolls down some stairs at one point. In the second chapter, a rat collapses after inhaling poison and is sent to the hospital. A bug is smashed and we see a finger playing with its mushy guts. In the third chapter, a house is slowly flooding, and a cat hits her head twice and falls several stories into water. A father gets drunk and falls asleep on his plate of food in one chapter, and characters struggle with making ends meet and maintaining a house in all of the stories. Language includes "f--k," "s--t," "damn," "fool," "Christ," "Jesus," "for God's sake," and "Jeez Louise." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
What's the Story?
THE HOUSE is a mansion constructed under mysterious circ*mstances decades ago. The first family to move in loses everything due to inexplicable incidents. Flash forward to a more contemporary era, and a walking, talking rat now owns the house in a populated area and has invested all his money (and more) into fixing it up in order to desperately try to sell it. Problem is, the house keeps presenting new problems, including an infestation of bugs. In yet another era, a cat is now landlord to the house, which sits alone in a flooded area. She has just two tenants left, neither of whom pay their rent, and only her dreams of trying to complete her home improvements before the entire place is washed away.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the animation on display in The House. How were the different chapters made? What techniques were used? Where could you go for more information?
What does the house represent across the three different stories? What overarching themes did you notice?
How would the second and third chapters have been different if the characters had been humans rather than animals? Why do you think the filmmakers decided to make them those specific animals?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming: January 14, 2022
- Cast: Matthew Goode, Helena Bonham-Carter, Mia Goth
- Directors: Emma De Swaef, Paloma Baeza, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Marc James Roels
- Inclusion Information: Female directors, Female actors, Latino actors
- Studio: Netflix
- Genre: Fantasy
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy
- Run time: 97 minutes
- MPAA rating: NR
- Last updated: April 6, 2024
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FAQs
Netflix's The House doesn't provide a clear solution to the problems created by capitalism and consumerism. Instead, The House's true meaning is that, like Rosa and her tenants, humanity must abandon the sinking house of consumerism and sail into the unknown.
What is the message of The House movie? ›
The House is a stop-motion animation film with eerie tales and stunning visuals, leaving viewers guessing the potential meaning. The first two tales caution against placing importance on luxury and material possessions, while the last highlights the value of accepting loved ones as your "home."
What happens to Mabel and Isobel in The House? ›
After being neglected by their parents, Mabel and Isobel, the two children of the family, escape the burning mansion after their parents are transformed into furniture; the father into a chair, and the mother into curtains. The trajectory of this horrific fairy tale outlines a clear moral.
What is the point of the movie His House? ›
His House explored themes of racism and all the other challenges that refugees face. These issues were explored in a way that caused tension even outside of the house that works as the centrepiece of the story. Another aspect that created its own horror was distrust and challenges of marriage.
What is the story behind the movie The House? ›
The House is a 2022 British stop-motion animated anthology film written by Enda Walsh and telling different stories forming a trilogy spanning different worlds and characters but set inside the same house. Each story deals with themes of madness, wealth, and the pursuit of true happiness.
What is the symbolism of The House movie? ›
The House uses its multiple time frames and artistic styles to represent the rise of capitalism and consumerism, its modern apex, and its apocalyptic future. Through metaphor as well as direct depiction, The House both sympathetically depicts why people engage in consumerism and its ultimate flaws.
What is the moral of the story "The House"? ›
The moral of this story, "A house is not a home", is that one must face the challenges of life head-on. ... This is shown in the theme of this story very well. The author loses his house to fire, he loses his cat, he loses his precious belongings.
What was the meaning of The House on Netflix? ›
“For us, the house is a signifier — for the characters anyway — it's a signifier of status, something they want to connect to themselves to get respect from the outside world, and to get happiness in that way, but, of course, it doesn't come. That's not the way to achieve it,” she told Game Rant.
What is the movie House about? ›
Where was The House filmed? ›
It was filmed largely in a neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles County's Westside called Century City. The series was produced by Attanasio and Jacobs' Heel and Toe Films, Shore's Shore Z Productions, Singer's Bad Hat Harry Productions, and Universal Television.
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What is the plot twist in His House? ›
The ending of His House is one of “acceptance,” Mosaku says. And indeed, in those final moments, we see Bol finally accepting to meet the beasts' demands. He cuts his own arm, offering a blood sacrifice so that he can trade his own life for the child he failed to save.
What actually happened in His House? ›
Rial chooses to save Bol instead of accepting this alternative reality, by slitting the apeth's throat. Later, Mark comes to inspect the house to find it repaired. Bol and Rial tell him they have chosen to stay and make it their new home. They say Rial killed the witch that haunted them, which Mark finds funny.
What happens at the end of the picture in The House? ›
The ending of the story, in which the narrator is saved by a thunderbolt that destroys the ancient house, may have been inspired by the similar ending of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
What is the main idea of the movie Home? ›
Themes of tolerance, the power of friendship, and being who you really are. The Boov (and all viewers with pessimistic leanings) are encouraged to embrace humans' irrational but endearing tendencies toward hope and perseverance. Boovs give up when the odds are against them, but Tip never gives up on finding her mother.
What is the message in the movie Home? ›
The central theme of “Home” is trust. An alien and a girl have to trust each other to get things done and save Tip's mom. Said motive is interwoven between all scenes, whether literally or figuratively only.
What is the message of the story a house is not a home? ›
01 A House Is Not a Home
This story reflects the challenges of being a teenager, and the problems of growing up. The author drives home the message that life without affection is useless. Her feelings of depression and insecurity were natural when she thought that she had lost everything.
