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Home (2015 film)

Home is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Adam Rex’s 2007 children’s book The True Meaning of Smekday and stars Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Jennifer Lopez, and Steve Martin. Tim Johnson is the director of the film, Chris Jenkins and Suzanne Buirgy are its producers, and the adaptation is by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember. The film was released in theaters on March 27, 2015.

Plot
An optimistic yet inept alien race called the Boov led by Captain Smek (Steve Martin) invade the Earth to hide from their mortal enemy and make it their new home. Convinced that they are doing humans a favor, they begin to relocate them to Australia (as opposed to the book, inimages which they relocate them to Arizona). A resourceful teenage girl named Tip (Rihanna), manages to avoid capture. When on the run and looking for the location of her mother Lucy (Jennifer Lopez), she is accompanied by a banished Boov named Oh (Jim Parsons) who has accidentally notified his people’s enemies of their whereabouts.

Voice cast
Rihanna as Gratuity “Tip” Tucci, a teenage girl who befriends Oh.
Jim Parsons as Oh, a banished Boov who befriends Tip.
Jennifer Lopez as Lucy Tucci, Tip’s mother.
Steve Martin as Captain Smek, the leader of the Boov race.
Matt L. Jones as Kyle, a Boov.  Continue reading Home (2015 film)