'Home' and the strong message about family love

As the first product of DreamWorks Animation released this year, "The Journey Home" is a touching film about friendship in the disaster of Earth being invaded.

“You never know who you’ll meet, under what circumstances,” Jim Parsons, the voice actor for Oh, said about Home and the fateful encounters in the film. Inspired by the book The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex, Home tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a girl named Tip, who lost her family in a disaster on Earth, and her alien friend, Oh. Revolving around Tip’s journey to find her mother and Oh’s adventure to rescue the Boov people, the two find trust, bond, and their own “homes.”

Still in the spirit of optimism, brightness, and looking towards the future, this film project by director Tim Johnson and DreamWorks continues to bring the audience joyful laughter in a colorful film. The plot is quite simple and coherent, not at all difficult for young audiences to follow. Besides, the profound meanings conveyed through the story: Where is home? Where do we belong? will make adult audiences satisfied.

Cute poster of the movie "Home".

The creative creation of a new species - the Boov with twisted ears and skin that changes color according to emotions will surely surprise the audience because they have never seen it before. The character of the shy, cute cat, who seems "extra" in the story's development, is the character that the audience remembers the most. Some other lovely names such as Nho Oc To, Quyt Xoan Tit or Ke Rieu Thich Suyt... are also unique creations that bring cheerful and humorous colors to the film.

The presence of big names in the dubbing team also contributed to the significant attention for Tim Johnson's 3D animation project. He did not deny that having names like Rihanna (as Tip), Jim Parsons (as Oh) or Jennifer Lopez (as Lucy) was a great luck. The people invited to dub in this film also felt honored and proud when sharing memorable emotions about the characters in the film.

The two main characters of the movie "Home" are voiced by Jim Parsons and Rihanna.

Rihanna said: “Tip is a pretty grumpy, independent girl but sometimes very weak. Tip makes me think about myself. That's why I decided to participate in the movie. I understand Tip's way of thinking, her weaknesses, her ambitions and her perspective on life.”

Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez, through her experiences as a mother, became a great source of inspiration for director Tim Johnson in the process of building the character Lucy. "One of the most emotional moments of the film was talking to Jennifer about her family being separated and listening to her comments to stage the scene where Lucy and Tip reunited in the most touching way," Johnson said.

Using special technology - Apollo - in the visual effects design, the graphics of Home bring to the audience the same eye-catching experiences as seen in How to Train Your Dragon 2. The image of a car floating on the clouds or a sphere containing an upside-down Eiffel Tower becomes more vivid and intuitive than ever for viewers thanks to the support of this exclusive method from DreamWorks.

Image of flying car in movie.

Carrying the simple message: "Family is where you can always be yourself" (Tim Johnson) and the earnest invitation "Come back to your family while you still can", Home is a film for audiences of all ages with a variety of emotions about friendship, motherly love, and love for fellow human beings.

After The Croods dominated the global box office, Home is a film project that continues the family theme with new creative experiments from DreamWorks this year.

The film opens in Vietnam from March 27.

According to VNE