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Home Movies is a show about Brendon Small, a kid raised in a single parent home. He also directs his own home-made movies with best friends Jason and Melissa. It is made by Soup2Nuts using Squigglevision in the first season, and Flash in the second season and up.

Home Movies was a short lived series on UPN in 1999, until Cartoon Network picked it up. It ran from 2001-2004 for three more seasons as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block before it was finally cancelled in 2004.

DVD Releases Season 1: 13 episodes - November 16, 2004 Season 2: 13 episodes - May 31, 2005 Season 3: 13 episodes - November 15, 2005 Season 4: 13 episodes - May 16, 2006moreless
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  • Unlike anything I've seen

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By Watchergirl, 3 days ago
    This show is clever. It's style might come off as "dumb" "random" or "pointless" because it is often very realistic, and often very normal. This is the brilliance of Home Movies. The animation is sub par on purpose, it's a style. This show is only funny if you have the patience to watch. If you do, it's almost certain you will fall in love like I did.

  • Adult Swim has no shame...

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    By DojinFan_2K, Nov 28, 2011
    Of all the shows Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has shown over the years, none can top the overall abhorrence of Home Movies.

    Once a series on UPN(now MyNetwork TV), this garish cartoon is now befouling the Adult Swim schedule.

    There is ABSOLUTELY nothing entertaining about a poorly drawn family of cretins being "filmed" by an 8-year old boy, who himself maybe cretinous.

    And this animated horror show also featured Paula Poundstone, whose talent is questionable at best.

    I am not making this review out of the fact that Adult Swim has relegated all those cool Anime shows at an unreasonable time slot(early morning Sunday), nor out of the anger i felt when they pulled Shin Chan from their lineup, but for the mere fact that the programmers behind Adult Swim are just like their intended audience, sociopaths...moreless

  • Home Movies brings us into the proto-cinematic world of Brendon Small (Brendon Small), a 12-year-old filmmaker-in-development. Brendon, armed with his trusty video camera and a wildly unbounded imagination, produces fairly high-quality cinematic epics with his friends Jason Penopolis (H. Jon Benjamin, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist) and Melissa Robbins (Melissa Bardin Galsky), all the while trying to deal with the typical (and some atypical) struggles faced by a 12-year-old boy:moreless

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    By Devilman1210, Oct 19, 2011
    I still find it difficult to write about Home Movies. Its quality is somewhat intangible and hard to describe—it's just a great combination of humor, pacing, and silliness that flat-out works. The show is still on in repeats on Adult Swim. I strongly suggest taking an episode or two for a test drive.
    The show overall retains the charm and razor-sharp wit it had in the first season. Brendon talks like an adult, but is still very much a kid. What sets Home Movies apart from similar shows is its seamless integration of these two elements of Brendon's personality. Many shows (Simpsons, I'm looking at you…) will put "adult" dialogue into a kid's mouth for laughs, but do it in a way that makes the character farcical or clearly "phony," for lack of a better word. (A school bully would never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, NEVER be into Andy Williams in reality. Ever.)
    Once you've crossed that Rubicon, you can't go back—the audience will never again take that character seriously. If you want to do a serious story, you have to wrap the seriousness in a blanket of farce appropriate to the character.
    It uses farce and ridiculousness, true, but it keeps the farcical elements within Brendon's films, allowing the "real" Brendon, Melissa, and Jason to act realistically. Precocious and mature for their age, yes—but realistically so...moreless

  • Possibly the best show to have the "Adult Swim" name attached to it

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    By MrCellophane1, Oct 19, 2011
    I just can't say enough about how good this show is. Even if you are not a regular viewer of Adult Swim, it is still a show that is worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of adult-oriented cartoons. Home Movies centers around a kid named Brendon Small (named after and voiced by the show's creator) who creates short, no-budget movies in his basement with his friends, Jason and Melissa. Together, they get into all sorts of adventures together, whether it involves something not working right behind the scenes of Brendon's movies or something not working right in their friendship. Every single character is very well-developed and interesting - Brendon is a smart and creative kid (although he can be a little arrogant at times), Melissa's role as the ignored straight person is entertaining, and Jason always says very weird things that always make me laugh. Coach McGuirk is my personal favorite character. His alcoholism, combined with his short temper and tendency to give bad advice is a perfectcomedy blendand never fails to get a laugh out of me. Occasionally, he even gets his time to shine when an episode's subplot focuses on his personal problems, which are always hilarious. The show's premise seems like it would make way for very formulaic plotlines, but the writers have atalent for avoiding that. The storylines are all original and contain a great amount of humor and variety to them. The artwork is a little crude, but that somehow adds a degree of originality to it. The animation is a little bad in the early episodes - the characters outlines vibrated and they hardly even moved - but the later episodes removed the vibrating outlines and added more movement, even if it was on the stiff side. However, like South Park, Home Movies is so well written that you don't really pay attention to the crudeness of the show's visuals. Bottom line, Home Movies is a funny, creative, and well-done show that any animation enthusiast should check out. If you haven't seen it, catch it on Adult Swim or buy the DVD. Heck, every episode is even on YouTube.moreless

  • The funniest Adult Swim show ever.

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    By RegularShow, Oct 12, 2011
    This show is hilarious, it really is. The animation is poor, which is typical for Adult Swim, but this has lots of good humor to bring it up from that. I highly recommend this show, it has used episode plots (sometimes) but it's humor and the direction they go with the episode make it better. I watched this show when I was a younger and I can't remember it being this funny. Then, about a year ago, my sisters and me were channel surfing really early in the morning and came across this and watched the episode and we all loved it. Then, I watched all the episodes and to be honest with you, this show never disappoints. Never, really never, ever! It's such a great show and I couldn't recommend it any more. Once I get enough money, I will buy the Complete 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD that costs $100 and it's worth it. I don't watch this show regularly but when I need a good laugh, I just watch this and it makes me feel better. It's from a great guy that also created Bob's Burgers, which has a few bad moments but it also another great show. I hope to one day watch more of this guy's shows and this is a PERFECT show. 10/10moreless
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