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#EkPaheliLeela(Hindi) Rating: * * Sunny side up! The songs and #SunnyLeone are it’s USP. But the confused and misdirected narrative make it a pain to watch even for that!  #UniversalCommunications #ParagDesai #TSeries #PaperdollEntertainment #BhushanKumar #BobbyKhan #JayBhanushali #RajneeshDuggal #JasArora #MohitAhlawat

#RahulDev #SarojKhan #AhmedKhan #AmaalMallik.

 

#BarefootToGoa(Hindi) Rating: * * A well intentioned expose on abandonment of the ageing.. but based on  poor reasoning and constricted convictions. It’s a bud that doesn’t achieve full-bloom for it’s faulty characters and unclear motivations.  #ParullGossain #PraveenMorchhale

#KuldeepSingh #SonuChourasia #FarrukhJaffer #PrakharMorchhale #SaaraNahar #AjayChourey #PurvaParag

 

#DharamSankatMein( Hindi) Rating: * * OMG not another one!  There have been much better and more accomplished films on the hypocrisy that causes conflicts between religions. This one is too low brow, extremely contrived ,briefly humorous and has little to offer in terms of intelligent entertainment. #CrissCrossCommunications #RaindropMedia #FuwadKhan #PareshRawal #AnnuKapoor #NaseeruddinShah #Viacom18 #TrignomediaPvtLtd

 

#BrokenHorses(English) Rating: * * Too Indian in treatment to be true-blue Hollywood. Has all the obvious trappings of a westernised reconstruction of #VidhuVinodChopra’s cult hit ‘Parinda’ but minus the western sensibility. What it amounts to is overwrought, teary eyed men behaving like deranged misfits. Even the scale and scope of the production appears measly! Give me ‘Parinda’ any day. #VidhuVinodChopra #FoxStarFilms #HemanshuMestry  #AbhijatJoshi #JasonRichman #VincentDOnofrio #AntonYelchin #ChrisMarquette #MariaVelverde #SeanPatrickFlanery #ThomasJane

 

#ItFollows( English) Rating: * * * ½ This most recent cult-horror hit is by Far the most stylish, atmospheric, creative and highly effective scare fest- the creepiest we have seen in a long time. Go for it! #MaikaMonroe #KeirGilchrist #OliviaLuccardi #JakeWeary

#DavidRobertMitchell #NorthernLights #AnimalKingdom #TwoFlints #VisitFilms

 

#Home(English/Animation) Rating: * * *At its heart, “Home” is really just a kids movie, and for that purpose it works well. Colorful imagery, cute aliens that look like marshmallows, modern pop soundtrack and potty humor, make it a family entertainer of sorts. Adults won’t feel at ‘Home’ here though! #FoxStarFilms #HemanshuMestry  #ShrutiSundaram #JenniferLopez #JimParsons #MattJones #Rihanna #SteveMartin #TimJohnson #DreamWorks

 

English Film Review

Johnson Thomas

Joy ride for the kids only..

Film:Home(Animation )

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons, Matt Jones, Rihanna, Steve Martin

Director: Tim Johnson

Rating: * * *

Runtime:

Synopsis:

An alien on the run from his own people, Oh, lands on Earth and makes friends with the adventurous Tip, who is on a quest of her own. This film is based on a book— The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex —which has a thing or two to say about modern American culture.

Review:

Most of the characters in this movie resemble characters from other cheery animated movies. Boov, the aliens look a bit like the Minions from Despicable Me while Captain Smek reminds one of  king Julien from Madagascar. and not too many characters populate this movie either so you get to concentrate largely on those central to the plot.

Writers Tom J Astle and Matt Ember simplify the narrative to a point where there don’t seem to be any room for thought.  Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human. And while he changes her planet and she changes his world, they discover the true meaning of the word HOME.

The rip-offs from other Dreamworks movies are quite obvious but it’s enjoyable nevertheless. Kids are likely to have a fun time. Can’t say the same about the adults who accompany them though.  

 

The pastel Boov shift colors with changing emotions, human automobiles get retrofitted with alien tech to become a junk food-powered flying car are imaginative ideas that will thrill the under 10’s for sure. The gentle nature of the narrative( there’s an apocalypse where no one gets killed) and the friendly , likeable treatment given to this parable about friendship, being nice to others, and benefits of being home gets it’s jollies from some broad shifts into light-weight toilet humor. This science fiction animation with cute lovable aliens is quite capable of getting the young ones tripping on it!

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