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Ideal Home

Ideal Home

Comedy · Drama · 2018

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

Movie details

Ideal Home

“These dads suck”

2018 Comedy · Drama 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Andrew Fleming

Written by

Andrew Fleming

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Paul

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Erasmus

Jack Gore

Jack Gore

Bill

Alison Pill

Alison Pill

Melissa

Jake McDorman

Jake McDorman

Beau

Jesse Luken

Jesse Luken

Director

Lora Martinez-Cunningham

Lora Martinez-Cunningham

Ms. Garcia

Court is in session

Put Ideal Home on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.