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Home is a 2015 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on Adam Rex's 2007 children's book The True Meaning of Smekday, the film was directed by Tim Johnson, from a screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, and stars the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Jones. The story follows the shared adventures of a friendly alien who is shunned by the rest of his kind, and a teenage girl searching for her mother after they are separated during an invasion of Earth.
The film premiered at the Boulder International Film Festival on March 7, 2015, and was released in theaters on March 27, 2015. Home was promoted with the release of a four-minute short film titled Almost Home, which was shown in theaters before DreamWorks Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Blue Sky Studios' Rio 2 in 2014. Rihanna created a concept album of the same name. The soundtrack also includes guest vocals from Jennifer Lopez, among others, and was supported by two singles, "Towards the Sun" and "Feel the Light". Home received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $386 million worldwide.
A traditionally animated Netflix original series was released on July 29, 2016, with the elements of its plot taking place after the events of the film. Of the original cast, only Matt Jones reprised his role for the series.
Plot[]
A cowardly alien race known as the Boov, led by Captain Smek, commence their "friendly" invasion of the planet Earth; relocating the humans, whom the Boov deem as simple and backwards, to the Australian Outback, the Boov inhabit their homes in a quick and bloodless conquest. Oh, an accident-prone, free-thinking Boov, decides to invite the other Boov to his apartment for a housewarming party, but no one comes. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Gratuity "Tip" Tucci and her Japanese Bobtail cat Pig drive around the city searching for Tip's mom Lucy, who was taken during the invasion.
Oh visits grumpy Boov traffic cop Kyle, to invite him to the party, but mistakenly sends the invitation email to every alien in the galaxy, including the hostile Gorg. The Gorg have pursued the Boov ever since a failed peace talk, during which Captain Smek accidentally took a Gorg artifact called the "Shusher"; Smek now uses it as his Symbol of Office. Furious with Oh for compromising their new home to their longtime enemy, the Boov declare him an outlaw. Oh runs into a convenience store to hide, just as Tip crashes the car and enters the store in search of supplies. Tip immediately attacks and locks Oh in a freezer, until he promises to fix her car. He turns it into a flying craft named "Slushious".
To hide from the Boov, Oh promises to help Tip find Lucy. However, Oh secretly decides to abandon Tip and take himself to Antarctica, the only place on Earth the Boov avoid. His attempt to leave Tip in a public restroom fails when Kyle appears, trying to force Oh to give him his email password so Smek can cancel the invitation.
Escaping Kyle, they reach Paris and sneak into the Boov Command Centre. Oh cancels the invite before it reaches the Gorg, then looks for Lucy. The computer confirms she is in Australia. Trying to return to Slushious, Oh and Tip are cornered by Smek and many more Boov at the Great Antenna (Eiffel Tower). Smek declares that he intends to "erase" Oh, despite the invite being stopped. Tip uses a Boov "gravity thingy" to turn the tower upside down, and she and Oh escape. Oh confides in her that he now believes Smek's propaganda about humans being simple and backward is wrong, and apologizes. They fly to Australia, but are suddenly surrounded by hundreds of Boov fleeing from Gorg drones, sent to search for them. Slushious is wrecked, but Oh finds a Gorg SuperChip in a crashed drone, and uses it to repair the car.
When they reach the human relocation camp, Oh realizes the other Boov are evacuating, and that the Gorg will likely take vengeance on Earth when they cannot find the Boov. He tries to convince Tip to flee with them, but she refuses. Oh joins the Boov, but runs back towards the Gorg to use the SuperChip to power the Boov mothership, which then easily outpaces the Gorg. Impressed at his bravery, the other Boov listen as Oh berates Captain Smek for his lies, and the other Boov for their cowardice. Moved, Kyle takes the Shusher from a horrified Smek and decrees Oh should be the new captain. Oh reluctantly accepts, turns the ship around, and returns to Earth. He helps Tip reunite with Lucy, fulfilling his promise.
Realizing from a chance remark of Tip's that the Gorg are actually chasing the Shusher and not the Boov, Oh locks Tip and Lucy inside Slushious, and faces the approaching Gorg ship alone. Tip and Lucy escape and try to stop him. The Gorg ship hits the brakes, only just avoiding crushing Oh. He returns the Shusher, revealed to be an egg containing the entire next generation of Gorg. The lone Gorg inside the ship happily accepts the egg; being the last of his kind, he had been desperately searching for his children.
After the Gorg leave, the Boov relocate their colony to the moon, but many visit Earth and mingle with the humans, who are restored to their original homes. Oh moves in with Tip and Lucy; many other aliens, invited by Oh, come to visit earth and attend his parties.