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By Michael Fairbanks (50) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 01 Jul 2018

This is the kind of LGBTQ + film that could both exist and succeed in the mainstream…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 28 Jun 2018

As a snarky, stylish Santa Fe couple, Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan deploy a wit drier than the sprawling landscape surrounding their desert mansion…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 28 Jun 2018

Coogan and Rudd's generally charming performances both give weight to their otherwise wisp-thin characters, but their swishy mannerisms also…

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By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 28 Jun 2018

The once considerable Andrew Fleming (Bad Dreams, The Craft, Dick) writes and directs with an eye cast in the direction of a weekly sitcom,…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 28 Jun 2018

The film succeeds because Rudd and Coogan work so well together as a bickering couple that learns to grow up just a bit in the presence of…

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By André Hereford (101) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 28 Jun 2018

Risqué humor and a well-calibrated Paul Rudd performance help elevate this comedy above lazy, movie-of-the-week plotting…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 28 Jun 2018

struggles to balance its broad comedy with its more sentimental tendencies, and the result is more progressive in attitude than execution…

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By Teo Bugbee (199) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Jun 2018

Ideal Home is genuinely funny, and the poignant and pithy script is aided by the chemistry between its stars, who are equally adept with comedic…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Philadelphia Gay News (21) on 27 Jun 2018

Ideal Home offers a droll spin on queer family values. It may not be deep, but it is frequently quite funny…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 27 Jun 2018

There’s no denying the purity of Fleming’s intentions (the movie’s end credits even play over a montage of same-sex parents), but Ideal…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Jun 2018

The fun stems mainly from the amusing interactions between the two main characters so deliciously played by Coogan and Rudd…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 26 Jun 2018

Equal parts sweet and tart, director Andrew Fleming’s “Ideal Home” is the cinematic equivalent of Sour Patch Kids…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jun 2018

Ideal Home is a trifle, but more than that it’s caught between eras, poised between wanting to crack you up at what cranky prima donnas its…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 Jun 2018

The tone of Ideal Home can be very sharp, and some of the satirical scenes have real bite…

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By Paul O'callaghan (20) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 25 Jun 2018

The broad strokes of the performances make the film's occasional lurches into sentimentality seem especially jarring…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 21 Jun 2018

Flaws and all, this is a film with a feeling for human complexities, a degree of visual intelligence and its heart in the right place…

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By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 21 Jun 2018

Coogan and Rudd are believable as a gay couple... It's the relationship between the two men that taps some emotional depths…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Flicks.com.au (38) on 20 Jun 2018

Fleming fleshes out his recognisable story with sincere characters, thoughtful details and an intimate approach that makes viewers feel like…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 20 Jun 2018

Under the tight, focused and accessible writing and direction of filmmaker Andrew Fleming, Ideal Home resists the temptation to overcomplicate…

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By Wenlei Ma (213) for News.com.au (213) on 19 Jun 2018

Despite its been-there-done-that story, what saves Ideal Home from mediocrity is the irrepressible charm of Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan…

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