Synopsis
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.
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Cast
- Jim ParsonsOh (voice)
- RihannaGratuity 'Tip' Tucci (voice)
- Steve MartinCapitain Smek (voice)
- Jennifer LopezLucy Tucci (voice)
- Matt JonesKyle (voice)
- Brian StepanekGorg Commander / Father / Boov (voice)
- April LawrenceBoov Announcer (voice)
- Lisa StewartBoov (voice)
- Stephen KearinBoov (voice)
- April WinchellBoov (voice)
Recommendations
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Movie Nation
Home is a energetic, obvious animated comedy packed with the sort of low humor and silly laughs that drive very small children wild. - 60
TheWrap
There’s nothing in Home that you haven’t seen before, but there’s a lot in it your kids haven’t; as animated sci-fi for small fry, it’s a success whose modest but well-executed ambitions are no small part of its charm. - 60
Variety
Unimaginative and downright predictable by grownup standards, but bursting with elements sure to appeal to younger auds. - 60
CineVue
Home is funny, colourful and fast-paced. - 60
Village Voice
If director Tim Johnson -- adapting Adam Rex's book The True Meaning of Smekday -- can't do much with the story's confused, if well-intentioned, agenda, at least he's got some charming, vivid characters to work with. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Tim Johnson (DreamWorks’ Antz) and writing team of Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember (Epic), keep the momentum humming and the amusing bits reasonably entertaining, but they can’t vanquish the prevailing feeling of deja vu, and that the Boov are merely Minions of a different hue. - 50
New York Post
It’s refreshing to see a nonwhite lead, and the husky-voiced pop singer is likable as a brave-hearted kid searching for her mother. But man, is there a lot of Rihanna in this movie: She also provides what seems like the entirety of the film’s soundtrack, making it feel like a vanity project (is “vanimation” a thing?). - 50
Austin Chronicle
If overly familiar and uninspired, Home is nevertheless agreeable, especially for young viewers who haven’t been down this road countless times.
