If you’re looking for a true family film, one you can enjoy worry-free with young kids, it’s going to be “Chimpanzee”. I’m betting most parents of very young (but age-appropriate for the theater) children are like me, often disappointed in what studios describe as “family films”, which frequently result in you awkwardly explaining moments of […]
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MARQUEE MAMA Reviews Disneynature’s “CHIMPANZEE” (Film Review)
MARQUEE MAMA Reviews “MIRROR-MIRROR” (Family Friendly Review)
My only regret in posting this review is that I am required to disclose to readers that “Mirror Mirror” is rated PG. Sadly, I suspect that will deter many parents from taking their young children to see this wonderful, oftentimes amazing, family film. Indulge me if you will so I can just get this out […]
MARQUEE MAMA Reviews; “JOHN CARTER” (Family Friendly Review)
My 8-year-old daughter was right when she told me “Mom, I think you better see ‘John Carter’ without me.” I shudder to think how many scenes would have warranted my hand over her 3D glasses-clad eyes.
MARQUEE MAMA REVIEWS “THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY”
Please. The root word comes to mind repeatedly when I think about Disney’s “The Secret World of Arrietty”. A pleasant story line, very pleasing animation, simply, it was a pleasure to watch. Immediately this film looks like a vintage cartoon, a flashback to early days of animation. But very quickly it evolves into pure visual […]
MARQUEE MAMA reviews “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax”
Cleverly disguised as a visually entertaining and high-voltage kid flick, “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax” is actually an animated movie with a message and a conscience.