The Boov�s are here

Friday, April 17, 2015

This week we indulge in animation. Who does not love animation? Just like most real people comedy films, animation has an advantage, in that it gives parents an opportunity to bond with their children.

Home is the name of the entertaining cartoons we watched and became friends with at the big screen. This film is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film from DreamWorks Animations, the very same production, which produced smashing animations as Madagascar, Shark Tale, Shrek Megamind and more. It is an adaptation of a book based on Adam Rex’s 2007, The True Meaning of Smekday.

It stars a whole lot of celebrities; Rihanna plays the leading role as the voice of Gratuity ‘Tip’ Tucci, a little girl who is lost. Alongside her is Oh sounded by Jim Parsons who apparently is a banished misfit Boov.

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The Boov�s are here

This week we indulge in animation. Who does not love animation? Just like most real people comedy films, animation has an advantage, in that it gives parents an opportunity to bond with their children.