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.
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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
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
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.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ideal Home?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Andrew Fleming
Written by
Andrew Fleming
Paul Rudd
Paul
Steve Coogan
Erasmus
Jack Gore
Bill
Alison Pill
Melissa
Jake McDorman
Beau
Jesse Luken
Director
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 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.