This movie is criminally underrated. It's really great, and I think it deserves more attention.
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isalyer-1806911 February 2021
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palavitsinis19 July 2015This is not the kind of movie that will stay with you forever. I have seen better animated movies in the past. BUT it's a movie that you will definitely have a good time watching, laughing and laughing again. I loved the way this little alien was depicted, using Jim Parsons' ticks and facial expressions! The concept of the aliens taking different colors based on their mood was just to die for!
The story was OK and the time it lasted was sufficient (I always root for longer movies instead of shorter). Overall, it was a cute cute movie in the end! We laughed a lot, and although we are genre-fanatics (being in our 30s watching these movies without kids), I think that the average movie fan will also like it.
It was time well-spent on a movie and I sincerely recommend it! -
giofls4 April 2015Took my 8-year-old girls. It was cute. They enjoyed it well enough.
But on the car ride home, when I asked about their favorite part, the best they could come up with was the cow joke (I won't repeat it).
After all the great animated kid's movies of the last 10 years (Nemo, Shrek, Cars, Frozen, etc), this one is completely forgettable. In a month or two, my girls won't even remember it. Can't imagine they'll ever ask to get a DVD or watch it at home.
I'm not sorry I took them, nor was it a waste of money. But we are so spoiled by such great animated movies that a mediocre one like this becomes disappointing. -
Troy_Campbell22 March 2015There's nothing particularly new or fancy about Dreamworks' latest animated affair. There are no breathtaking action sequences like in their How To Train Your Dragon and Kung-Fu Panda franchises. Nor is there the amount of laughs you'll find in their classics Megamind or, again, the Kung-Fu Panda films. Yet there's something so utterly sweet and innocent about Home that it zooms by with an enchanting charm. When people tell you to calm down by going to your happy place, it probably looks something like this. It's arguably the most child-centric movie Dreamworks have produced for a few years too. The adult-targeted humour is kept to a minimum and the physical comedy is amped up to levels that is normally irritating but here works an absolute treat. Its success can be attributed, in a big way, to the lovable alien Oh (Jim Parsons). A clumsy go-getter with endearing optimism, cuddly colour-changing looks, and amusing speech patterns, Oh steals the spotlight whenever he is on screen, which is about 95% of the time. As his plucky partner in adventure, Tip, Rihanna's precocious human child is fairly stock standard, whilst Steve Martin's dim-witted leader of Oh's Boov race lands a few hilarious moments among some dull ones. Vibrant, energetic and with an unexpected tear-jerking finale, Home falls on the right side of simple.
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Shameek24 July 2015Home is a good animation movie, nothing more and nothing less. It is not as horrible as some are making it out to be. It does start off slow but then it picks up and you start liking it. In the end it depends a lot on how much you like the 2 main characters and the music. I did like the characters enough to care about them. The music was just OK except one song which was great.
Home is not what I would call a great movie though. You can't compare it to the likes of Beauty & the Beast, Lion King, Tangled, etc.
My advice to anyone who is planning to watch Home is to be patient at the start and follow the interactions of the main characters closely. This is a movie about relationships. If you liked Frozen then chances are you will like Home. -
MB-reviewer1859 July 2020The movie is fine to watch with good animation. Not the best movie from DreamWorks but a good time
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neil-47627 March 2015The Boov are a race of annoying idiot aliens who spend their time fleeing enemies: they are "hiding" in plain view on Earth, having taken over the cities following relocating all the humans in Australia, except teenage girl Tip. Oh is an even more annoying and idiotic Boov, to the extent that he is ostracised by his own people. He and Tip are thrown together and form an initially reluctant partnership to help each other: Tip is looking for her mother and Oh is trying to recall the cosmic email party invitation he sent which will let their enemy know where the Boov are hiding.
This CGI animated movie is full of colour, action and humour, and colour is particularly well used. The two central characters, Oh and Tip, are nicely designed and well realised. The voice talent is good - Rihanna does well as Tip - and if I were to be critical, I would say that the individuality of Jim Parsons' voice does rather overpower Oh's personality at times.
But this is good fun, especially for youngsters (who, after all, are the intended audience). -
girsoul25 January 2021Jim Parsons and Rihanna's characters give this animated kids movie a relationship that is the center conflict in a somewhat simple alien invasion story. Steve Martin provides excellent humor as silly Captain Smek. The first time I saw it, I was blown away by how the animators and voice actors combined skills to make this a favorite of mine. It is easy to watch, and emotional at appropriate times.
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TxMike11 August 2015I like all the actors who voice for this animated movie and they all are good here, although it took me a few minutes to get the image of Sheldon ("Big Bang Theory") out of my mind whenever Jim Parsons delivered his lines. After I did I found him a great choice for the main character, a little alien named Oh.
Oh and all the others like him have decided to take over Planet Earth for themselves, in a completely non-violent way. They simply suspend the force of gravity for a time, vacuum up all the Earthlings, then deposit them in idealistic prefab villages.
This of course causes problems for most Earthlings but in particular the singer Rihanna as Gratuity 'Tip' Tucci. She has been separated from her mother, Jennifer Lopez as Lucy, and she needs to enlist the help of Oh to locate Lucy.
The other famous voice is Steve Martin as alien Captain Smek. He is fine, nothing special though.
I found this on DVD from the public library and was prepared to be disappointed. It seems most animated features over the past few years just don't work very well. However not only was I NOT disappointed, I found it to be a very charming and entertaining 90 minutes. And the sound track is very good also. -
This is less of a review of the movie Home than it is a review of what IMDb has become...infested by fake reviews from fake movie makers. But hey, we are talking about the movie industry here...why would anyone involved actually be "real" right? Home is exactly what the less-than- 7 reviews say it is. IMDb still has it's uses but it's rating/review section is virtually useless now.
Some movies entertain both the children and the adults...this one will entertain ONLY the children. The plot is predictable the acting is OK, the animation is excellent, soft and candy-like...etc. But unfortunately, it's not very funny at all. Steve Martin's talent is wasted on the character Captain Smek, Rihanna's character is straight serious and Jim Parsons' voice, while inherently funny, simply isn't enough to pull off the very unfunny jokes. The kids might laugh at the Saturday Morning slapstick but that's about it.
There is simply no way that any of these glowing 10-star reviews can be genuine. It's shameful...I'm not sure how much longer I'll be coming to IMDb. -
myrkr-894-6130606 June 2015As a fan of animated films and Jim Parsons, Home felt like something I would enjoy. When the first Rihanna song started playing, I grew skeptical. When the next one started, I got tired of it. There's actually 5 Rihanna songs in the film. 5. Five. Along with Rihanna playing one of the lead roles. And I should mention that her character is not singing these songs. She's just listening and dancing to Rihanna. Sorry, but nope. Home started feeling like a commercial for some Rihanna album or a very long music video. I don't think I will remember this film, but if I do it would be for exactly that, and I would forget the story.
However, if you're not like me and don't care about such things, the movie itself is pretty cute. -
I had not really high expectations on an animated movie, my son would probably enjoy something like this way more than me I thought. Huge Fail. The movie was from the beginning great and not only for kids. It is a feel-good movie for all ages. It is about family , friendship and that being different or just being yourself is not a bad thing at all. I found the movie throughout entertaining and very often funny.
The Boov's are just too funny in particular Steve Martin as the voice of Captain Smek, whose firm leadership of the Boov people is undermined by his ridiculous fascination with human artifacts such as bubble wrap . He reminded me partially on King Julien from the Penguins of Madagascar.
But even if you are not touched by the great story you will certainly love the Soundtrack. The whole movie was perfectly set and is for me the best Dreamworks movie since a long time. Take your kids and watch it on the big screen, they will love it! and you too, guaranteed.
Verdict: A great story meets perfect cast and nothing can go wrong on this alien/ human road trip movie. -
Aktham_Tashtush7 July 2015One of the funniest Animation movies this year so far, The plot is vibrant and story is so fresh and funny, there are a lot of balanced comedy and of emotional scenes, the writers did a great job on the screenplay (worked before on Get Smart and Epic) with multi funny scenes and full of extrinsic and adventitious jokes. The events flowing smoothly in the movie and when you first think the troubles are over well it appears it still far from it.
As a big bang theory fan, Casting Jim Parsons was kinda weirdly Adventurous but seeing the role itself needed a hesitant yet confident kinda snobby chatter voice like Sheldon Cooper, then you hear a lot of recognizable voices like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and Steve Martin a really highly paid cast ;)
Overall, i loved watching it and it is indeed recommended for you and your kids if you have any or just you if you're just a lonely Boov like me and you just love watching movies. ;) enjoy it guys. -
chris-j-rayner10 August 2015Oh dear... if you can get past the first half of the film then you may just enjoy the second half.
Story (concept) was good but scripts were weak.
Graphics were great.
Humour was desperate.
OK, I love animation movies with my kids, but hey, at 11 and 9, they were really disappointed and had look forward to this for a while.
As for Rhianna, well, one kinda considered she funded the movie because her voice over is a leading part (which was good) but the 5 Rhianna tracks during the film.... a tad OTT! -
moivieFan12 November 2019Of Oh. Oh is adorable and funny. I also liked Rihanna as Gratuity Tucci. And the car that Oh, and Gratuity rode in was good adorable. I was not sure I would like the movie when I started watching it. By the end of the movie I was glad I stuck the movie out to the end.
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stevendbeard28 March 2015I saw "Home", starring the voices of Jim Parsons-The Big Bang Theory_tv, Garden State, he was born in Houston, Tx; Rihanna-Annie_2014, Battleship; Steve Martin-The Pink Panther_2006, The Jerk, he was born in Waco, Tx and Jennifer Lopez-The Boy Next Door, In Living Color_tv.
This animated movie is based on a book by Adam Rex called 'The True Meaning of Smekday'. It seems that there are 2 alien races that have been in a conflict with each other for quite some time, now; The Boov, a marshmallow looking friendly race of cowards that run at the hint of danger and the Gorg, a big scary looking race that want something that the Boov stole from them. Jim plays a Boov named 'Oh'-whenever other Boov see him coming, they usually say, 'Oh' in disgust. When the Boov make it to Earth-while trying to outrun the Gorg-they settle in and put humans in little concentration camps. Rihanna plays a 12 year old girl that gets separated from her mother, Jennifer, and meets Jim, who becomes her friend. Steve plays the captain of the Boov. There are lessons to be learned by Jim about humans, with being different and making mistakes on the top of the list. The Boov also change colors a lot, depending on their moods. Rihanna and Jennifer do perform songs in the soundtrack-more from Rihanna than Jennifer. I think the little kiddies should enjoy it. It's rated "PG" for some mild action and rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 34 minutes. It was enjoyable enough that I would probably buy it on DVD. -
prospectus_capricornium27 March 2015There are several lingering messages that HOME intends to deliver, and the speakers are aimed toward the younger ears: conquer your fears, be yourself, and as the soundtrack says "Feel the light" and bring it all back, pertaining to the lost glory waiting to be reclaimed, and the HOME they eventually, should be going back to.
It will be difficult to dismiss HOME's charm, specifically the colorful bubbly aliens called Boov, and equally endearing human characters, most of which voiced by popular actors like Jim Parsons, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez. However, I'll be frank—there's really nothing else so special about the movie. The plot is generic, I mean we've seen these alien-invades-earth, extraterrestrial befriends-human formula, over and over again, and it's kind of tiring already. I almost don't care about the plot anymore. Worse, in HOME, the humour didn't feel natural, either. I had these many moments when I needed to pause and ask myself "was that supposed to be funny?" while realizing the confused laughter gathering volume around me inside the theater. I just find everything the writers seemingly thought to be funny, aren't really as funny as they seem to imply. HOME is a colorful movie, I mean literally colorful, and you may find some of the characters lovable, but that's all. In general, HOME is a generic movie with flawed storyline, just another version of what we've already seen from its genre, only forced and unnatural and yields a mostly unpleasant outcome, bereft of contagious humor it utterly needs to overshadow its overly familiar material.If it's any consolation, the movie has beaufiful soundtrack.
Anyway, you wouldn't blame the kids for finding this wonderful movie, it's for them after all. And this will serve as a reminder about how they should be and should act like while growing up. -
Ramascreen22 March 2015Children will definitely like "Home" but I can't say the same about the parents and other adults watching it. The films lacks coherence, if you will, but hey, if it can get the kids smiling and laughing and having a good time, then who are we to heavily criticize it. We'd only judge it more if it didn't do what it was supposed to for kids and families.
Jim Parsons voices a lovable misfit alien named Oh, his fellow Boovians don't want to befriend him because Oh is odd and he wants to have a party when other Boovians would rather do what Boovians do best, running away, just like their leader Captain Smek (Steve Martin) who thinks highly of himself. Rihanna voices Tip whose mother Lucy (Jennifer Lopez) gets relocated with other humans to some other place when the Boov invades planet earth. Tip is determined to find and reunite with her mother. These two characters bump into each other and they form an unlikely friendship through a series of comic adventures. Oh learns what it means to be human and Tip comes to understand Oh's loneliness.
Adorable and upbeat are some of the words come to mind to describe HOME. Adorable because obviously Dreamworks Animation has created once again a series of characters, in these Boovians, that can work as huggable doll merchandises to sell to kids. Oh is so much fun to watch, when he hears a song, his body can't help but dance to the beat and the tunes, he wants to reject it but his body doesn't and that serves for a comical sequence. That also leads to upbeat, being that although this is not a movie musical, it's driven by Rihanna's much, in fact if I didn't know any better, I thought HOME was a huge celebration of Rihanna. If you are her fan, you've come to the right movie, I guarantee you that.
It's both Jim Parsons and Rihanna's first rodeo in the world of animated feature film, Parsons' Oh in particular is strikingly different from his Parsons' iconic alter ego, Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory." Sheldon knows it all and he'll tell it to your face, whereas Oh only knows what he's been told by Captain Smek and other Boovians. Rihanna sounds too grown up to voice a little kid like Tip, I think Rihanna did all right, but she's got a long way to go, her timing and reactions are not quite there yet. HOME will teach our little young ones about friendship, family, never giving up, and befriending those who may be different from us Read more at Ramascreen.Com -
tori-3695020 March 2015I saw this movie today with the kiddies. I would say it is a really solid movie. It is the story of an unlikely friendship that forms when an outcast alien meets a sassy little girl on a mission to find her mom. I think the story is well thought out and there are many hidden life "gems" noted within. The theme of judging others sticks out as well as themes of "being yourself" and learning from your mistakes. It is a little predictable but I think all adults feel that way about children's movies. The acting was good and surprisingly Rihanna did very good (I had my doubts about that). The kids loved it and laughed a lot. They also enjoyed the music a lot and that is really what it is all about. I would recommend it for families.
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tavm30 March 2015Last year, me and my movie theatre-working friend saw a short called Home Again which seemed rushed though we later found out it was a preview of this feature. What we now just saw was a pretty funny and touching tale of one alien from another planet and a little girl who's been seemingly abandoned bonding together and finding out their destinies. Jim Parsons is the voice of Oh who is often shunned where he's from and Rhianna is the voice of Tip who's looking for her mother who-like other Earthlings-has been relocated after Oh's planet's leader basically invaded this world. Nice parable of loneliness and alienation that should provide some good thoughts to viewers who can relate. So on that note, me and my friend recommend Home.
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I'm 30 years old, but I still enjoy watching animation films very much. As I heard that there was coming a movie with Jim Parsons & Steve Martin I knew I had to see it - specially when it was a film from Dreamworks.
From seeing the trailer I already knew I didn't like the animation style too much, but I didn't let that bother me watching the movie. Sadly, B class style was one of the lesser flaws of the film.
Jokes are outdated, movie is full of bubblegum pop music, the characters are far from interesting and you can't really build a connection to them. Also, the plot... oh phew. Way too easy. I mean, in most cases of animation films the plot is more or less predictable - after all, we're talking about western animations. They have a prodigy, who doesn't fit in, misses his/her parents and gets a happy ending. But Home just made my jaws sore from yawning.
It wasn't _all_ bad, I'm sure that many kids will enjoy this, but for me this was one of Dreamworks' biggest flops. The only actual fun I had thinking about Jim Parsons and how literally every one of his lines could've been said in The Big Bang Theory. -
Assalum Alaykum.
This is a great animation,adventure and comedy movie. I am not surprised it is number 1 in most countries around the world.
Escaping from their enemy the Gorgs, the Boov have found a new planet to call home, Earth. Guided by Captain Smek (Steve Martin), they start their friendly invasion of the planet, relocating the humans to other parts of the planet while the Boov inhabit their homes.
In this movie the series of incidents are great from the beginning to the very end and believe me all the scenes are wonderful,the adventure is pleasing and the comedy is totally entertaining.
The lovely surprise is that the great singer Rihanna acts in it. -
telefantic24 March 2015The order of top billing in this movie supports my personal observation over the years. Namely, that no matter how famous & well-accomplished the "Black" person, they ALMOST ALWAYS take 2nd billing to the "White" person. Even in cases where the White person is LESS famous or accomplished. This includes everything from officially listed credits to press publicity. For example, music icon, Kanye West is always mentioned AFTER Kim Kardashian, although she's not know for having any discernible accomplishment. Or, In the New animated movie "Home," voice lead & international star, Rihanna is mentioned AFTER her co-star & the less famous, Jim Parsons. These are just 2 current examples that pop to mind. But the list is extensive & pervasive. I can only explain this alarming discrepancy in billing as either conscious or subconscious racism. In either case, it's still bigotry on blatant display.
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What baffles me more than the movie itself is the fact that there are so many ten star reviews of it on this website. Do you people like watching crap? Do you enjoy having your soul ripped from your body, mangled, then shoved back in? Are you all mad?
This movie isn't the kind of blatantly bad movie that you walk out of snickering to your friends about. This is a new kind of bad; one that I have never encountered before. There is something so sinister, so manipulative about the way this story was executed that I left the theater confused and horrified.
The movie starts of with our main character, Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory, talking in stupid grammar. Then he meets Rihanna, who is even worse at voice acting than he is. Badger from Breaking Bad is also in there somewhere. Steve Martin also joins this baffling cast, sporting a disturbing mustache. While the latter two did a good job with the awful lines they had to read, our two main protagonists, Sheldon and Rihanna, could not read lines naturally to save their lives.
The plot was really strange; easy to follow, but strange. There was definitely something wrong with the editing, and I wouldn't be surprised if the editor wasn't even fully conscious when he was cutting and pasting the scenes together. The pacing was all over the place. The movie felt like it ended three times before it actually ended. The action scenes had no tension. The emotional scenes came out of nowhere and confused me with their weight. The jokes were forced and felt flat on their faces.
The biggest and most glaring problem with this movie is the music. When they weren't playing EVERY RIHANNA SONG EVER, the movie treats us to the worst orchestral score I have ever heard in my life. Every time a song played, it felt inappropriate. The action scenes were either accompanied by bafflingly quiet Dubstep, or strangely quiet orchestral music. Every time an action scene started, the music got quieter. You don't DO that! Did the aliens IN the movie make this movie??
There are so many things I want to say about the movie, so many questions about WHO made these creative decisions and WHY they are still allowed to roam freely on this earth. This was just abysmal! It's terrible! There are very small fleeting moments of genuine emotional weight, and there are a few slightly clever lines, but it's all wrapped up in a flurry of terrible jokes, and terrible music, and terrible voice acting that it's CONFUSINGLY bad. I wanted to like the main characters, I really did! And there were moments when I did feel genuine sympathy for them, only for all that sympathy to fly out the window and into space because the editor quickly cuts to a completely different scene with a very different emotional feel to it. Or a terrible Rihanna song starts playing and ruins the mood.
The one good thing about the movie is the animation. I enjoyed the effect of the aliens' skin color changing based on their emotions. I liked the design of the "evil" aliens, for the most part. The main character girl's hair was very well rendered. The movie looked beautiful, just like a turd looks beautiful when you polish it.
Overall, this movie is an absolute train wreck. It's kind of funny how Rihanna voices one of the main characters, and most of her music is featured in--WAIT A SECOND. BACK UP. BEEP BEEP BEEP
Rihanna plays one of the main characters and her music is featured prominently in the movie. HMMMMMMMMMMM SEEMS A BIT OF A STRANGE COINCIDENCE, DOESN'T IT???!!
I digress. This is a bad movie. One out of ten, would never watch it again. -
sky_magician2 January 2016The only con I have to really say about this movie is,
- All the Rihanna songs. It felt like every song on the soundtrack was one of hers. If you're a huge fan and never get tired of her, take it as a treat. Otherwise it is excessive. It'd be fine with a couple songs, and maybe one more playing on their TV or radio, but as the only music at all?
- The morals were very impressive. But somehow, in some very strange way, they felt miss-able, even though they were right there, highlighted. It may have been partly due to the movie feeling slightly detached. I'm not sure how else to put it. And... all the excessive distracting Rihanna. In important scenes I felt myself paying more attention to the fact that it was another one of her songs playing, again. Shes definitely not a bad artist, and I don't dislike her. Even if it was one of my favorite bands instead, I'd probably feel the same, hoping they play something else.
The movie had a lot of highly creative elements, which I always appreciate in an animated film. Dreamsworks does a fine job with its characterization as always, even with Tip coming out with a character trait we all saw coming (every single movie has one.) The antagonists and lessons were great, how the characters treaded the planet's 'renovation' was fun to watch. The relationships and character growth was exceptionally well done.
I'd give it a 6.5, but no decimals. It was there, yet it also wasn't? I'd still watch it again. Just takes a little push for this movie.