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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThe 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.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersEqual parts sweet and tart, director Andrew Fleming’s “Ideal Home” is the cinematic equivalent of Sour Patch Kids.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe 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.
- 80The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeIdeal 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.
- 80EmpireDavid HughesEmpireDavid HughesThe 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.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartAs 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.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThere’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.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsCoogan 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.
- 40VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIdeal 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.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe broad strokes of the performances make the film's occasional lurches into sentimentality seem especially jarring.