Ideal Home Reviews
Several lines and moments remain memorable and laugh-out-loud funny, regardless of its transparent ambitions as a socially progressive comedy.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 11, 2022
At times some of the gags can be a little obvious, but on the whole this has a tight comedic script that plays on both character and situation for plenty of laughs.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2021
Poignant and very funny.
| May 22, 2021
The film looks and sounds great but what really pulls the viewer in are the humor and the performances. Paul Rudd particularly shines by being his usual self but with something more to it than his usual mildly goofy, sometimes aloof performances.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 12, 2020
This is a slight film, but it is a low-key delight.
| Dec 14, 2019
I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. Very funny and equally frustrating, mostly because of Coogan's character.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2019
Families come in an endless assortment. But it's a safe bet that few of them are as ill-assorted at first as flamboyant 온라인카지노추천 chef Erasmus, his panic attack-prone partner, Paul, and the pugnacious 10-year-old grandson Erasmus didn't know he had.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 7, 2019
Coogan and Rudd get a surprise visitor in Andrew Fleming's gay rom-com, with lightweight results.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 4, 2019
May not be groundbreaking queer cinema but it's a meaningful and genuinely hilarious movie-going experience that caters to a wide audience despite its colourful mentality.
| May 4, 2019
Like eating an old piece of candy. It tastes sweet but sometimes you can't help feeling its outdatedness.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 12, 2019
Ideal Home is a pretty average comedy with some laughs thanks to the lead performances, but its messy script, Fleming's self-conscious direction and predictable storytelling bring it down a notch.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 18, 2019
Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd star in Ideal Home, a comedy about an upper middle-class couple that feels out of touch, and severely outdated.
| Nov 1, 2018
Ideal Home is a charming warm-hearted comedy which is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
| Oct 31, 2018
Significantly more earnest and sentimental than one might expect.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2018
Ideal Home is ultimately a kind of boring and really on the nose movie.
| Aug 27, 2018
Ideal Home offers a twist on the traditional family dramedy that leans slightly more towards the comedy side of things. It's ideal viewing if you're after a breezy, entertaining watch.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2018
The breezy romcom approach allows Fleming to touch on several big topics in ways that are never preachy.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 9, 2018
It's badly out of kilter with the plot of Andrew Fleming's comedy, a low-key piece that could have been played more realistically.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 9, 2018
It's well acted and laugh-out-loud funny at times but has its longueurs too.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 9, 2018
Every joke's punchline is that these characters are gay, making it difficult to understand who exactly, in 2018, the film hopes to make laugh.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2018