TV Article Life as a House By Lisa Schwarzbaum Published on November 9, 2001 05:00AM EST A rotting shack on a fancy piece of land represents the rotting life of a terminally ill baby boomer (Kevin Kline) who, in the time left to him, renovates both his house and his relationship with his alienated teenage son (Hayden Christensen) in Life as a House. This home-improvement/life-improvement parable, built out of cheap pine and directed with a screwdriver, is no worse than any weepie on the Lifetime channel. But it’s no better, either.