Ideal Home or Ideal Movie?

This is a film that I hadn’t heard of before, but whilst browsing the Netflix ‘Gay Movies’ genre with my mum (the biggest LGBT+ ally I know) on a visit home we came across the 2018 film ‘Ideal Home’. We quickly decided to watch it because, well, it stars Paul Rudd as a cowboy hat wearing gay man and I don’t know what else you could ask for.

The movie centres on Erasmus (Steve Coogan) who is a celebrity chef living his best, rich life in a huge house with his boyfriend, Paul played by previously mentioned Paul Rudd. The two are at each others throats and don’t seem to have much common ground until Erasmus’ estranged grandson, Bill (Jack Gore), comes into his life.

The film is delightfully funny whilst still zeroing down on important issues such as Bill’s drug addicted father and the struggles of a 10 year long relationship between Erasmus and Paul. There’s also gorgeous cinematography and beautiful shots of sunny Santa Fe and some very obvious endorsement of Taco Bell that leaves you craving a ‘Crunchwrap Supreme’.

Steve Coogan plays bourgeois and flamboyant perfectly, whilst Paul Rudd has truly never looked better as a long suffering gay hipster with a beard and glasses to match. Throughout the movie you see the two navigate their relationship whilst adjusting to a trouble-making 10-year-old fitting into their lives, with a healthy portion of gay humour thrown in as well as a large side of Taco Bell nachos.

I recommend you go watch Ideal Home if you’re in the mood for a lighthearted, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud movie. Or if you just wanna see a cute child make a list of words not to call gay men.