Review of Home (2015) by Mrmoviebuff — 07 Jul 2015

The standards for animated films have been set so high in recent years, films like; 'Toy Story 3' (2010), 'How to Train Your Dragon' (2010), 'Tangled' (2010), 'Wreck-It Ralph' (2012), 'Frozen' (2013), 'The Lego Movie' (2014), 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' (2014) and 'Big Hero 6' (2014) all come to mind, 'Home' is pitiful in comparison.

The film is made by DreamWorks Animation Studios, a studio I would not rank as high as Walt Disney Animation Studios or Pixar Animation Studios, despite "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "How to Train Your Dragon". This is a studio that for every great film they release, they'll always release something sub-par like 'The Croods' (2013), or 'Shark Tale' (2004) etc.

Jim Parsons, best known as Sheldon from the TV sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' voices a little alien named Oh. I am not a huge fan of 'The Big Bang Theory', so obviously the casting of Jim Parsons wouldn't intrigue me to watch this film. Rihanna voices Tip and other members of the cast include Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez (not a huge fan of her music, or her films).

'Home' plays exactly like "E.T." and while I think children will definitely like it, adults will probably be irritated at the lack originality and the fact that it's just another movie they have to watch because their kids will find it amusing.

The comedy is also very off, if you've seen the trailer, you'll know that the highlight was Oh's arms shaking uncontrollably and yelling "My hands are in the air like I just do not care!". Even for children's films, this is a lame joke. The 'Big Hero 6' (2014) trailer had Baymax deflating and sticks tape over it, and the noise of him deflating was one the funniest things ever, but this is just lame.

Nice animation, but I could not sympathize with the characters enough to care and predictable jokes prevent this from being a groundbreaking animated film from DreamWorks. I don't think this will even score an Oscar nomination if 'The Lego Movie' (2014) failed to do so.