Ideal Home
Brainstorm Media | Release Date: June 29, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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80
EmpireDavid HughesJul 9, 2018
The forgettable title and cookie-cutter concept may seem lazy, but Coogan and Rudd work their asses off to make Erasmus and Paul the most memorable screen gay men since The Birdcage. It’s caustic, authentic, and very, very funny. Read full review
80
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeJun 28, 2018
Ideal Home is genuinely funny, and the poignant and pithy script is aided by the chemistry between its stars, who are equally adept with comedic punch lines as they are with dramatic gut punches. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 27, 2018
The fun stems mainly from the amusing interactions between the two main characters so deliciously played by Coogan and Rudd. Both actors are at peak form here, with Coogan clearly having a blast as the flamboyant Erasmus and Rudd employing his expert deadpan delivery and gift for comic timing as the slow-burning Paul. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersJun 27, 2018
Equal parts sweet and tart, director Andrew Fleming’s “Ideal Home” is the cinematic equivalent of Sour Patch Kids. Read full review
80
TheWrapDan CallahanJun 26, 2018
The tone of Ideal Home can be very sharp, and some of the satirical scenes have real bite. Fleming’s writing is at its best here when he is sending up the exaggerated sensitivity of liberals when they are dealing with a minority and not sure what might offend them. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartJun 29, 2018
As a snarky, stylish Santa Fe couple, Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan deploy a wit drier than the sprawling landscape surrounding their desert mansion. If you enjoy your comedies devoid of easy sentimentality (as this reviewer does), this one’s for you. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJun 29, 2018
Coogan and Rudd's generally charming performances both give weight to their otherwise wisp-thin characters, but their swishy mannerisms also speak to the superficial nature of Fleming's presentation of Erasmus and Paul. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 28, 2018
There’s no denying the purity of Fleming’s intentions (the movie’s end credits even play over a montage of same-sex parents), but Ideal Home is too cartoonish to meaningfully celebrate the beauty of the families we choose, and too casual to accomplish much else. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 27, 2018
Ideal Home is a trifle, but more than that it’s caught between eras, poised between wanting to crack you up at what cranky prima donnas its characters are and to make you tear up at the revelation of their normal hearts. The result? A comedy of flamboyant banality. Read full review
38
Slant MagazinePaul O'CallaghanJun 26, 2018
The broad strokes of the performances make the film's occasional lurches into sentimentality seem especially jarring. Read full review
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