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inally. We've
enjoyed years
of apocalyptic
alien attacks
and frightening
invasions in feature films. We've
recoiled from horrific, villainous
creatures from outer space in
Steven Spielberg's War of the
Worlds, Ridley Scott's Alien,
Guillermo del Toro's Pacific
Rim, and so many other dark
action-adventures. Now, at last,
friendly aliens have landed in a
feature film.
DreamWorks Animation's
Home sends a spaceship filled
with cute little Boov trying to
escape a mortal enemy from
one planet to another. The
six-legged, barrel-shaped aliens
need a new home, a place to
hide. The planet they pick is ours.
Based on the Adam Rex chil-
dren's book "The True Meaning
of Smekday," Home stars Steve
Martin as Captain Smek, the
leader of the Boov. Rihanna is
Tip, a resourceful, almost-teen-
age girl and the only human to
avoid capture. Jennifer Lopez is
Tip's mother, Lucy. Lucy doesn't
have Tip's luck. The aliens cap-
ture her, along with the rest of
the human race, and take them
who knows where. Jim Parsons
Alien
Re creation
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DREAMWORKS ANIMATION POPULATES A CG FEATURE WITH CUTE SIX-LEGGED ALIENS,
WEAPONS MADE FROM BUBBLES, AND A PRECOCIOUS TWEEN
BY BARBARA ROBERTSON
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