Home

      The DreamWorks film “Home” was directed by Tim Johnson. The screenplay was written by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, and Adam Rex wrote the book. The film stars Jim Parsons, Rihanna and Steve Martin. It’s a pretty cute animated movie. It was quite average, which is probably why it was rated as a rotten film on Rotten Tomatoes with a 46 percent rating. The plot didn’t help. It was very predictable, but still cute.

      In the movie, Oh (Parsons) and his alien race, ruled by Captain Smek (Martin), invade Earth to make it their new home. Oh accidentally sends their location to their enemy, which turns all of his people against him. He has to live life on the run and meets Tip (Rihanna), a human girl, who is trying to find her mom. In order to escape, he agrees to help Tip find her mom, but he’s really trying to help himself. Tip teaches him what it means to be a human and that mistakes are okay. He also learns about friendship along the way.

      The plot and moral of the film is nothing new. Two very different characters develop a friendship while working as a team to accomplish a goal.They also learn that everyone makes mistakes. It’s what you do with them that matters. These have been used time and time again. It is a nice message though for young children, who haven’t already seen this done to death.

      The biggest reason I watched this movie is because of Parsons. He did not disappoint. His voice acting for Oh was pretty funny. It was a lot like Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. The main difference of the two is that Oh is more energetic all the time. The tone Parsons used, plus the misuse of the english language, made the character so likable. I also personally enjoyed the word-play.

      Another character I liked a lot was Tip’s cat and the way it interacted with Oh. The sight of the cat always sitting on Oh’s head makes me smile. Also, Martin was entertaining as Captain Smek. He was a fun addition to the cast. The Tip character was pretty typical though. There really wasn’t anything about this character that stood out to me, except that I liked her name Tip was short for Gratuity.

      I think the animation was done just as well as DreamWorks’ past films. The aliens looked right at home in this film. In fact, the aliens seemed to fit into that world more than the humans did. Maybe that was because there were many more aliens than humans throughout.

      I also didn’t think the music was anything special. It was fine, and it fitted the film well enough. The music just wasn’t very memorable. The only reason I remember anything about the music is because it was promoted so much beforehand.

      In general, “Home” was pretty average. It’s a light-hearted, rainy day type of movie. It is much more suited for young children than for everyone else. This is not something you need to rush to see.