At Home with the Webbers is a 1993 American comedy-drama television film written and directed by Brad Marlowe. It stars Jeffrey Tambor, Rita Taggart, Jennifer Tilly and David Arquette as the Webbers, a family who agree to have their lives filmed and broadcast as part of a reality television program, but begin to reconsider the arrangement as the pressures of living in public increase.
Plot Psychiatrist Gerald Webber lives with his wife Emma and their children, Miranda and Johnny. The family agrees to become the subject of a television program, At Home with the Webbers, and moves into a house fitted with cameras and microphones so that their daily lives can be broadcast to the public. The show quickly becomes popular, with viewers taking particular interest in Gerald's work and Miranda's personal life.
As the family's fame grows, their behavior begins to change. Gerald becomes increasingly conscious of performing for the cameras, Emma embraces the attention, and Miranda enjoys her new celebrity status while pursuing her artistic and romantic interests. Johnny, however, becomes disturbed by the loss of privacy and by the way the program is changing his family, and begins trying to locate and remove the cameras. The pressure to remain entertaining intensifies the tensions within the household.
Eventually, the Webbers decide that the only way to escape the program is to make it impossible to continue. They stage an apparent family suicide, forcing the production to stop. In the aftermath, members of the viewing public continue to treat what they have seen as entertainment, with some doubting that the Webbers could ever have been an ordinary family.
Cast The cast includes: Jeffrey Tambor as Gerald Webber Rita Taggart as Emma Webber Jennifer Tilly as Miranda Webber David Arquette as Johnny Webber Brian Bloom as Josh Jenny O'Hara as Mrs. Nelson Darren Epton as Mike Lesley S. Sachs as Billy Gabriel Jarret as Thomas Caroline Goodall as Karen James Robby Benson as Roger Swade Johnathon Schaech as Giampaolo Alyssa Milano as Fan Luke Perry as Garbage Guy
Production At Home with the Webbers was written and directed by Brad Marlowe and produced by Mike Erwin, J. Max Kirishma and Marlowe for Den Pictures. Taro Tanabe served as executive producer. Irv Goodnoff was the cinematographer, Jonas Thaler edited the film and Anthony Guefen composed the score. Michael Helmy handled production design, while Cathy Henderson and Tom McSweeney were responsible for the casting.
Release At Home with the Webbers was released in the United States on April 24, 1993. The film was subsequently released on VHS in 1994.
Reception VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever described the film's comedy as over-the-top and requiring some tolerance, but noted that it featured several amusing performances.
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