What's wrong with 'HOME'?

I rarely go to see movies in the cinema, but recently I've been making an effort to 'support' movies...

I saw 'HOME' on mothers day, at the time it was newly released and I hadn't heard much about the movie besides the trailer... which, I'll be honest looked very silly and a little irritating plot wise. So I sat down in the cinema expecting a slap-stick sort of film.

HOWEVER, instantly we're introduced to this alien character which sole relatable aspect is that he finds it hard to make friends... he and the other aliens I feel are designed in such an obvious cartoony manner to 'make up' for the lack of reliability between the character and the audience and the characters to each other. Their visual character design also plays as comical relief but I have to admit I do like how the aliens colours change when their emotions do, for example when the aliens lie they turn yellow. Considering these alien characters are childish in parts being able to visual see their emotions with not only their expression but their whole appearance makes up heavily for the lack of 'emotion' in the aliens speech.

The second main character is a young daughter, who is looking for her missing mother named Tip. This character has been idolised by critics instantly because she is a black young female leading character and hits the nail right on the head for 'feminist representation'. However this characters only 'additional' reasoning for action besides finding her mother is a cat named pig, who is also comic relief in times of 'boredom'. Tip is far more relatable to the alien she befriends on her journey to find her mother, because she's a child. But that's just it, she's a child... paired with another childish character despite the fact Tip is very independent only makes for badly paced storytelling. 

Half way into the movie I felt like the movie began to improve, as the aliens enemies appear it gives a sense of danger and urgency not only this but both leading characters are forced to develop. It took an hour to badly introduce the universe, childish characters and their goals but within the last 30minutes was honestly like watching a different movie. But over all I was disappointed, purely because characters were still being introduced at the end of the movie and plot points randomly thrown in a few minutes before they were relevant. And that is why I found it hard to really enjoy with this movie... sorry, DreamWorks.