Review of Home (2016) by Pete Vonder Haar for Houston Press — 28 Mar 2015

It's like being conquered by accountants.

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This review of Home (2016) was written by Pete Vonder Haar and published by Houston Press on 28 Mar 2015.

Home has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Ashley H (2,345) on 07 Jul 2017

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By Lindsay E (100) on 17 Dec 2016

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By Johnny Gayzmonic (188) for Fanboys of the Universe (188) on 30 Oct 2018

Home isn't going to spark any fires, but it's also not a horrible way to spend the afternoon. It's light, and it doesn't leave a horrible aftertaste…

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By Emmanuel S (319) on 29 Sep 2016

Home' is another colourful Dreamworks animated middle of the road fare, this time with semi-wacky aliens spouting semi-funny pop culture reference…

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By Juliano K (239) on 10 Sep 2016

It are too disappointing. The goods things is seeing Sheldon (jim parsons) speaks wronger English than I Does…

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By Jacob B (1,524) on 23 Nov 2016

The only thing I like about this film was the visuals and Parson's voice acting…

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By Anastasiia S (9) on 01 Sep 2017

Fun storyline, good soundtrack, my daughter loves it and I don't yet hate it even though I've watched it 100 times…

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By Benjamin C (416) on 13 Aug 2017

Home is fun for the kids, but hell for adults. The main character is kind of annoying, and the story is stupid…

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By Gabriel C (666) on 09 Apr 2017

When we see we have to move when moving forward is what we do when we are powerful to move our people to habitable places to thrive…

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By Meredith W (585) on 01 Oct 2016

The animation is great as to be expected from Dreamworks, but the story is nothing more than formulaic kids fodder…

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