Name: No Place Like Home
Genre: Family
Released: 2002-12-03
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Joanna Pacula, Bruce Weitz

I wasn't very moved by this harmless flick for kids 10-to-15 (???) years old.  Others may feel differently, but I found the performances to be too restrained and the viewer being asked to be over-accepting, even though we're dealing with fantasy here:  A single-being spacecraft crash-lands on earth, and a girl (not much over the driving age) and her brother (not much under the driving age) befriend the non-English-speaking alien, helping him with encounters involving their divorced father, a bumbling deputy, a stodgy government lady and an unrealistic photographer/professor/agent, among others.  Also, Adrienne Barbeau provides some initial language-deciphering, given her character's knowledge of Native American words, from which the foreigner's speech has evolved.   An element of suspense is created by the fact that the stay must end within a certain amount of time.  And, as the visitor performs various tasks (such as restoring life to a dead rabbit), he's gradually depleting/not replentishing/running out of energy.  My impression was that the kids' knowledge of what to do, and what things meant, was unbelievably excessive.  This all causes a less-than-mediocre evaluation to come from here.

The family genre features stories specifically created to be suitable for a wide range of age groups within a family. Family-oriented content is designed to be enjoyed by both children and adults, often providing entertainment that is wholesome, relatable, and appropriate for all members of a family to watch or experience together.

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