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Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyDana Rose FalconeMar 27, 2015
The combination of Home’s layered message, fun score, and clever comedy make it a colorful choice for moviegoers of any age. Read full review
83
HitfixDrew McWeenyMar 27, 2015
Tim Johnson gets the character stuff right, and the animators do an amazing amount of subtextual work with color and with texture ripples on the various Boov characters.. It's lovely work overall, and it might be the most cheerfully benign conquering force we've ever faced on film. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 26, 2015
Jim Parsons brings his own irrepressible energy to DreamWorks’ 3-D animated Home, segueing from almost-alien misfit Sheldon Cooper on “The Big Bang Theory” to alien misfit, period. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanMar 26, 2015
Home is like when someone gets you a birthday present by just clicking on an item from your Amazon wish list. It's well-made, suitable, and appreciated, but there wasn't really any thought put into it. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 26, 2015
The movie is pretty droll, and it agitates for cross-species friendship; its aggressively packaged heart-tugging elements come with an interplanetary friendly resolution. Followed by a dance party. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 27, 2015
A surprisingly moving tale of friendship and family, dressed up as an adorably frivolous sci-fi comedy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 26, 2015
A charming concoction with positive messages for younger children about conquering fears, understanding outsiders and knowing yourself. Read full review
63
Washington PostSandie Angulo ChenMar 26, 2015
Home is about the yearning for the comforts of family. But this kiddie sci-fi adaptation doesn’t quite live up to its evocative title. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMar 26, 2015
Home delivers like a mailman on Valentine’s Day. But when we scratch beneath the sugary surface, there’s something tart inside that’s difficult to digest. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 25, 2015
Home is a energetic, obvious animated comedy packed with the sort of low humor and silly laughs that drive very small children wild. Read full review
60
Total FilmKate StablesMar 31, 2015
Dreamworks’ sweet and cosy sci-fi comedy could have used more Oh-riginality but top-hole character design should ensure a Big Bang of Boov merchandise. Read full review
60
The DissolveGenevieve KoskiMar 26, 2015
Home feels oddly small-scale for a globe-spanning science-fiction adventure story featuring aliens and flying cars. Read full review
60
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekMar 24, 2015
If director Tim Johnson -- adapting Adam Rex's book The True Meaning of Smekday -- can't do much with the story's confused, if well-intentioned, agenda, at least he's got some charming, vivid characters to work with. Read full review
60
CineVueJamie NeishMar 19, 2015
Home is funny, colourful and fast-paced. Read full review
60
TheWrapJames RocchiMar 8, 2015
There’s nothing in Home that you haven’t seen before, but there’s a lot in it your kids haven’t; as animated sci-fi for small fry, it’s a success whose modest but well-executed ambitions are no small part of its charm. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 8, 2015
Unimaginative and downright predictable by grownup standards, but bursting with elements sure to appeal to younger auds. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 25, 2015
Though it opens with the studio’s seemingly mandatory voice-over setup, the story itself, adapted from the children’s book "The True Meaning Of Smekday," shows immediate conceptual audacity. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyMar 26, 2015
Tension is one of Home's biggest issues. There just isn't nearly enough of it. Story is another. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 26, 2015
A drab dream with squirmy-cuddly aliens, floating space bubbles and too many Rihanna musical interludes. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 26, 2015
Home could have fashioned a more original story, dug deeper into a theme of cultural understanding and jettisoned the toilet humor. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMar 26, 2015
I kept thinking about “Lilo & Stitch” while watching Home, a decidedly disappointing effort based on the popular kid-lit book “The True Meaning of Smekday” from the already embattled folks at DreamWorks Animation. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 26, 2015
The problem is, the story lacks originality and zest. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMar 25, 2015
If overly familiar and uninspired, Home is nevertheless agreeable, especially for young viewers who haven’t been down this road countless times. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMar 25, 2015
It’s refreshing to see a nonwhite lead, and the husky-voiced pop singer is likable as a brave-hearted kid searching for her mother. But man, is there a lot of Rihanna in this movie: She also provides what seems like the entirety of the film’s soundtrack, making it feel like a vanity project (is “vanimation” a thing?). Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenMar 8, 2015
Director Tim Johnson (DreamWorks’ Antz) and writing team of Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember (Epic), keep the momentum humming and the amusing bits reasonably entertaining, but they can’t vanquish the prevailing feeling of deja vu, and that the Boov are merely Minions of a different hue. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghMar 26, 2015
For all its energy, razzle-dazzle and whiz-bang technology, it doesn't know how to tell a simple story or cobble together three-dimensional characters, and that's a problem not even the best of 3-D glasses can fix. Read full review
40
Time OutTom HuddlestonMar 26, 2015
A smart concept is thoroughly wasted in this cute but grating DreamWorks animated comedy. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsStephen WhittyMar 25, 2015
Jim Parsons is the sole bright spot in the cast as the alien hero, giving him the same halting confusion as he gives Sheldon on “The Big Bang Theory.” Read full review
40
The TelegraphMike McCahillMar 19, 2015
This underdeveloped offering barely lifts itself off the drawing board. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMar 24, 2015
Home's exposition is a mess of forced zaniness, which leaves the rest of the film with a Swiss-cheese foundation. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 26, 2015
If DreamWorks Animation is hoping to get back on track with this movie, a lavish sci-fi comedy based on a recent children's book, they're pretty much doomed. Read full review
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