After the amazing epicness that is HTTYD2, Home looked funny but not as awesome. Then I saw the film, and came out smiling.
It's no HTTYD or Shrek, and won't be a mega hit like them either. It's a sweet, funny children's film, with genuine heart and emotion.
It tells the story of a little alien named Oh (Jim Parsons), who is a member of this alien race called the Boov. The Boov are a bunch of cowards who run away from trouble and don't believe in fun. Oh, while cowardly, wants to have a good time, and ends up getting into plenty of scrapes.
In a mission to escape their enemy, the Gorg, the Boovs, led by Smek (Steve Martin)take over earth, placing all the humans in Australia - all except one. Oh accidentally sends a party invite to Gorg, which, if not deleted in time, will lead to him finding the Boov's new home and destroying it. Now a fugitive, Oh goes on the run with a young girl named Tip (Rihanna), and promises to help her find her mother, who was inadvertently abducted by Oh's kind.
The opening twenty or so minutes are rather eye rollingly silly, but after that you get a quirky little adventure with a range of emotion and quite a few laughs. Some of the jokes are hit and miss, most are genuinely funny. The animation is beautiful in certain stand out ways; the cat, Pig, the Boov's skin colour changes due to their emotional state, and Tip's hair, among other things. It won't be nominated for awards, but it's still pretty.
The voice acting is overall great; Parsons is as idiosyncratic and geeky here as he is as Sheldon on TBBT, Steve Martin is unfortunately the weakest link. What surprised me most, is Rihanna; I'm not a huge fan of hers (there's a few songs I like, including some in this film), but she blew me away with her talent here. I hope she gets more voice acting rolls in the future. This is one big name star with a lot of promise in this field.
The morals are good; there is such a thing about being too positive or negative, you have to balance the two, take a chance and have some faith and hope. I learnt a thing or two from Home, you could too.
Give it a chance, it may abduct your heart :) 7.5/10
It's no HTTYD or Shrek, and won't be a mega hit like them either. It's a sweet, funny children's film, with genuine heart and emotion.
It tells the story of a little alien named Oh (Jim Parsons), who is a member of this alien race called the Boov. The Boov are a bunch of cowards who run away from trouble and don't believe in fun. Oh, while cowardly, wants to have a good time, and ends up getting into plenty of scrapes.
In a mission to escape their enemy, the Gorg, the Boovs, led by Smek (Steve Martin)take over earth, placing all the humans in Australia - all except one. Oh accidentally sends a party invite to Gorg, which, if not deleted in time, will lead to him finding the Boov's new home and destroying it. Now a fugitive, Oh goes on the run with a young girl named Tip (Rihanna), and promises to help her find her mother, who was inadvertently abducted by Oh's kind.
The opening twenty or so minutes are rather eye rollingly silly, but after that you get a quirky little adventure with a range of emotion and quite a few laughs. Some of the jokes are hit and miss, most are genuinely funny. The animation is beautiful in certain stand out ways; the cat, Pig, the Boov's skin colour changes due to their emotional state, and Tip's hair, among other things. It won't be nominated for awards, but it's still pretty.
The voice acting is overall great; Parsons is as idiosyncratic and geeky here as he is as Sheldon on TBBT, Steve Martin is unfortunately the weakest link. What surprised me most, is Rihanna; I'm not a huge fan of hers (there's a few songs I like, including some in this film), but she blew me away with her talent here. I hope she gets more voice acting rolls in the future. This is one big name star with a lot of promise in this field.
The morals are good; there is such a thing about being too positive or negative, you have to balance the two, take a chance and have some faith and hope. I learnt a thing or two from Home, you could too.
Give it a chance, it may abduct your heart :) 7.5/10