Home Movie Review
TNN, Apr 9, 2015, 12.40PM IST
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Cast: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones, Brian Stepanek, April Lawrence
Direction: Tim Johnson
Genre: Animation
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes
Story:
The Boov are a bunch of friendly aliens, who led by the cowardly
Captain Smek (Martin), just want to live a life of peace on their
planet. However, they are always hounded by their enemies, the nasty
Gorgs. The Boov resettle on planet Earth and make a fresh start, but
it's not long before they are located and pursued again by the Gorgs,
thanks to a slip up by the naive Boov, Oh (Parsons).
Review:
When on Earth, the Boov deactivate the planet's gravity, discard
whatever they deem useless (things like cycles, toilets etc) into large
bubbles in the sky and relocate all humans to other parts of the world
in neat, circular colonies.
A seemingly perfect arrangement, except that one plucky Earthling,
interestingly named Gratuity 'Tip' Tucci (Rihanna) chooses to stay back
in her home. Tucci has been separated from her mother Lucy (Lopez) who
is in Australia and is now hiding away in her old apartment with her
cat. Meanwhile Oh, who sends out a housewarming e-invite to the rest of
the Boov, mistakenly marks it to everyone - including the Gorgs - and
so, he is hunted by his fellow Boov brethren for this mistake. When Oh
finds Tucci, they strike up an unlikely friendship and agree to help
each other out. What you see is pretty much what you get. The script is
fairly literal, sans any contemporary pop-culture asides and the brisk
pacing ensures that kids won't be shifting impatiently in their seats
during its crisp runtime.
There's a tour de force of talented
(to say the least) Grammy and Emmy award-winning voices behind the
characters and Rihanna, Martin and Parsons are completely on point with
their emotiveness. It's only some of the songs that seem to be a
mismatch for some sequences at times, and are thus distracting.
It is goofy, fun and has its heart in the right place. Home is meant
squarely for kids, but that doesn't mean that accompanying adults will
also not find this multi-coloured tale of the importance of friendship
and familial bonds, heartwarming.
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