HOME ROOM

Year: 2002
USA: DEJ Productions
Cast: Busy Philipps, Erika Christensen, Victor Garber, Raphael Sbarge, Ken Jenkins, Holland Taylor, Arthur Taxier, James Pickens Jr, Constance Zimmer, Richard Gilliland, Roxanne Hart, Agnes Bruckner, Nathan West, Theodore Borders, Ben Gould, Jenette Goldstein, Vernee Watson-Johnson
Director: Paul F Ryan
Country: USA
USA Rated: R for strong language and some violent images
USA Release Date: 5 September 2003 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

The tragic aftermath of a high school shooting leaves Deanna Cartwright (Erika Christensen) seriously wounded and nine others dead. Det. Martin Van Zandt (Victor Garber) is assigned the unenviable task of finding someone to hold responsible. His attention settles on Alicia Browning (Busy Philipps), a troubled outsider considered both the key witness and a possible suspect.

Worlds collide when Alicia's high school principal compels her to pay a reluctant visit on the still-hospitalized Deanna. United by their traumatic experience, the two young women form an unlikely friendship -- one that will be tested by depression, despair, and the growing weight of the police investigation.

HOME ROOM is an uncompromising look at lives in crisis and the redemptive power of friendship. Focusing on the universal themes of grief and healing, the film presents an intimate portrait of those who must pick up the pieces of a shattered world.