Home is 'worth a visit'

Home is where the floors are sticky this weekend whenthe newfamily friendly animated comedy opens in theatres Friday.

The big screen adaptation of Adam Rex's popular children's bookThe True Meaning of Smekday is set in a future where an overly-confident alien race, calledBoov, try to hide from their enemies while colonizingEarth.

But when a lovable Boovmisfit named Oh (voiced by The Big Bang Theory'sJim Parsons) tries to run from his own kind, he finds himself joining forces with a tenacious human named Tip.

Voiced by Rihanna, the role represents the international pop star's first foray into animated features. Despite her "sullen bad girl pop star image" the Umbrella singer"totally charms as Tip," says CBC's film critic Eli Glasner.

The cast features another pop star, Jennifer Lopez, as Tip's mother Lucy, and comic legend Steve Martin takes a turn as the alien leaderCaptain Smek.

As for the story, Glasner says the big kids will see the ending "light years away,but it still makes Home worth a visit."

Watch Eli's full review in the video above.