Family Movie Reviews

Family films that inspire and leave you with an overall “feel good” moment. In this section, we’re going to take a look at films geared towards the whole family as well as films geared towards children, alone.

17 Again
Ever wish you could go back to high school and do your life over? Relive that wish as you follow Mike O’Donnell—a man, dissatisfied with the past 16 years of his life. Watch as he’s transformed into a teenage boy only to realize what he really wants is not a second chance at life but a second chance to save his marriage.
101 Dalmatians
Glenn Close stars as the outrageous, hilarious Cruella De Vil. A villian who will stop at nothing to obtain her coveted Dalmatian fur coat; even if it means killing 101 Dalmatians to do it!
102 Dalmatians
Cruella De Vil’s back and she is not as reformed as everyone thinks. After a few weeks of trying to conform and give up her love of fur coats, Cruella’s snapped. Not only is she determined to get her coveted Dalmatian fur, but she’s set her eyes on an escape goat.
Aliens In The Attic
Ever wonder what it would be like to fight off an alien invasion? Now you can find out as you watch a group of kids protect planet earth in this comedic adventure.
Bedknobs And Broomsticks
An apprentice witch takes in three orphans while practicing her skills so that she can stop the Nazis from invading her hometown.
Bridge To Terabithia
Two children befriend each other and take a magical ride into an unknown world--a world all within their imaginations.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Children eat Willy Wonka bars in hopes of winning a trip to the Chocolate Factory and the mysterious prize that awaits the grand winner.
Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
The Pevensie children are summoned to Narnia where evil prevails and good is in hiding. The evil, White Witch, has taken over the land, and it’s up to the two sons of Adam and the two daughters of Eve to bring order to the land.
Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian
The Pevensie children: Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy are summoned back to Narnia by Prince Caspian to save Narnia and his thrown.
Duma
A young boy saves the life of a wild, infant, cheetah only to return him to the wild years later.
The Goonies, 25th Anniversary Edition
Greedy land developers are taking over the town and it's up to a bunch of misfit kids to save their homes—and keep the gang together.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
A teen superstar’s double life begins to take a toll on her soul and so her father pulls her from the Hollywood lifestyle and brings her back to her roots.
Inkheart
A young father has the ability to read characters out of a book. There’s just one problem, in the process, he mistakenly sends his wife—the mother of his young daughter—into the very same book. Now, he must find a way to bring her back before it’s too late.
Iron Man
Billionaire Tony Stark heads the worlds leading manufacturer of weapons. On what should have been a routine demonstration of his latest weaponry, Stark and his team of military guards are hit by a group of terrorists. Stark is captured and forced recreate his latest weapon.
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Professor Trevor Anderson has never gotten over the loss of his brother. When new evidence surfaces, he sets out to find out what really happened.
Jump In!
When Izzy Daniel’s mother dies, his father uses boxing to keep their bond alive. But when Izzy’s neighbor, Mary, needs his help as a Double Dutch Teammate, Izzy discovers a whole new world and finds balancing the two worlds difficult.
Kit Kittredge
A young girl’s love of journalism helps her deal with life’s obstacles in a positive and uplifting way.
Mary Poppins
Two children, leaving with two self-absorbed parents, scare off every Nanny their parents hire in hopes of finding a Nanny that would love them as her own children.
Nanny McPhee
A widowed father and his seven children are reunited with the help of a magical nanny.
Pete's Dragon
An abused orphan child discovers a magic creature who soon becomes his best friend and helps him find a new home—a home filled with love and happiness.
Race To Witch Mountain
A Las Vegas taxi driver picks up a new faire—who just so happens to be two teenage aliens determined to save planet earth from total annihilation.
Racing Stripes
A baby zebra is left behind as the circus leaves town and is rescued by a father and his young daughter. As the zebra grows up, he befriends all of the animals on the farm. Since the farm is near a racing farm, the zebra believes himself to be a horse, but not just any horse--a racing horse! Against all odds, he triumphs and wins an important race.
Scooby Doo Double Feature, 1 & 2
Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Shaggy, along with their sidekick dog, Scooby Doo, work together to solve mysteries and capture the bad guys.
Secretariat
A housewife and mother takes over her father's failing horse-racing franchise and turns it into a winner with a 1973 Tripe Crown Winner by the name of Secretariat, or Big Red.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2
Four college students struggle to hold onto their relationships as they venture out into adulthood.
The Game Plan
Joe Kingman is a star athlete whose entire life revolves around the sport of football. His infatuation with football, and his super-sized ego, not only cost him the love of his life but left his life pretty empty—only he doesn’t know it yet. His entire world turns upside down when the daughter he never knew he had arrives on his doorstep.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
A family moves into an inherited house and discovers a family secret so fantastic that their lives are forever changed.
The Wizard Of Oz
A 16 year old girl and her dog, Toto, get caught in a tornado and are transported to the Land of Oz—a place with magical creatures.
Witch Mountain Series, 1975 & 1978
Two children from another world try to rejoin other members of their race at a secret location on earth, then later try to return home after a vacation in Los Angeles, California goes terribly wrong.