"Almost Home" is a 4-minute promo short film for the (then) upcoming animated movie "Home" based on a novel by Adam Rex. The director is Todd Wilderman and his most know work so far was "Open Season 2", which he co-directed. This little movie here is basically the same joke for 4 minutes. However, at this runtime it is fine I guess. It may not have been enough for 7 minutes or more. we follow a group of little purple aliens who want to explore a new planet, but everywhere they get, they run into severe difficulties which makes them leave right away. If they are lucky, that is, as sometimes the planet is also hit by a huge comet and explodes. In the end, they approach Planet Earth and the movie ends where the full feature takes off. I have not seen "Home" (yet), but I probably will at some point. The voice of Steve Martin is in here already just like in the "real" movie. Okay short film. Recommended.
Review of Almost Home
