Maybe too many messages? There are in fact a whole lot of morals interwoven throughout the movie, and possible two or three too many scenes. While her mother and the rest of our planet ends up in Australia, Tip and her cat, managed to avoid relocation.Īs you can imagine, the importance of family is one of Home‘s many, many messages. Now Oh must run from his people after Captain Smek (the incomparable Steve Martin), the Boovian leader and head coward, demands his capture.Īlong the way, Oh teams up with the tough, smart, and seemingly fearless Tip, who’s on a mission to find her mother (Jennifer Lopez) after the Boov arrived on Earth and displaced all the humans. Seeing as how the Boov had taken over Earth to hide from the Gorg, Oh’s fellow Boovs were none too pleased with him. Oh is the Boov (that’s not an insult it’s what his alien species is called) who sent the electronic party invite to everyone in the universe, including his people’s arch-nemesis, the fearsome Gorg.
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The plot centers around two characters who don’t fit into their respective worlds - Oh (voiced by Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory), a lovable misfit from another planet, and Tip (Rihanna), a spunky little girl from Earth - who form an unlikely friendship through a series of comic adventures. Related: Family movie night ideas: 7 classics that still hold up today It’s also about being brave and having hope, and understanding that our differences and our mistakes are part of being human.Īlso, that you should never accidentally hit “Send All” on an intergalactic email. But that doesn’t mean kids won’t love it.īased on the book The True Meaning of Smekday, the movie Home is a movie about acceptance. Even I struggled trying to explain it to my sister right after the screening. And she’s decidedly older than three. The short answer to both questions is yes, but with the caveat that I’m not sure my son is old enough to really understand the plot. So I had two questions in mind as Home‘s opening sequence began: Will I enjoy this PG-rated film as a grown up? And is this something my son would like? I’m sure that will change drastically as my three-year-old son gets a bit older and can get through more than a 30-minute chunk of Cars from our sofa. Before slipping on my pair of 3-D glasses at a recent press screening of the new Home movie, I realized it had been a while since I’d seen an animated feature in a theater.