Feisty, fearless Kathy Bates portrays a widow with six kids struggling to give her family a decent life in 1962 Idaho. Well-intentioned family film is hurt overall by a corny narration, episodic story structure and plot contrivances. The performances, however, are quite strong, particularly by Edward Furlong as the eldest of Bates' children. Tony Bill directed with compassion (he is a sentimentalist at heart), although many of his big scenes go from gritty to gooey in record time. "A Home of Our own" isn't very memorable--it's rather like an episode of "The Waltons" that passes the time painlessly--and Kathy Bates does more for the picture than it does for her. Still, "Home" is a decent film with its heart in the right place. ** from ****