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Ideal Home

2018

Andrew Fleming

Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jake McDorman, Jesse Luken ...

5.1

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Comedy Erasmus and Paul (Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd) are a bickering gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year old boy shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus' grandson. Neither Paul, nor Erasmus, are ready to give up their extravagant lifestyles to be parents, but maybe this little kid has thing or two to teach them about the value of family.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The perfect example of how a movie can be progressive and retrograde at the same time (...) A comedy of flamboyant banality."	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The two leads look like they're having a blast, and so will you (...) These wildly entertaining characters bring 'Ideal Home' to vibrant life despite the film's familiar plot aspects."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Fleming struggles to come up with any kind of conflict (...) It feels like the extended pilot of a network sitcom that should never go to series"	NEG
United States	Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"'Ideal Home' is genuinely funny, and the poignant and pithy script is aided by the chemistry between its stars"	POS
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Andrew Fleming’s charming tale of two gay men embracing paternity displays the writer-director’s trademark wit and visual style (...) Delightful"	POS
United States	Paul O'Callaghan Slant	"Any goodwill Fleming builds is undercut by his frustrating willingness to sacrifice coherent character development (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Adam Graham Detroit News	"'Ideal Home' is a confused contradiction in styles, and it doesn't work well enough to serve any audience."	NEG
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"[It] is warm-hearted but short on the observational wit of an Ira Sachs film (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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