Action/Adventure, Comedy
Keeping Up With The Joneses

Some funny flicks weave a little too much yuck in with their yuk-yuk. Before you know it, a guffaw becomes …

Comedy, Horror
Boo! A Madea Halloween

Madea represents a kind of no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners justice. She’ll get folks to act “right” even if she has to beat …

Comedy, Kids
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

This is the kind of movie that will have conscientious parents face-palming and shaking their heads.

Comedy
Masterminds

By PG-13 standards, Masterminds doesn’t push the envelope to the edge in terms of sexual content, violence or profanity. But, …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Storks

Even in films otherwise chockfull of uplifting, pro-family messages, parents have to stay vigilant to the very end.

Comedy, Romance
Bridget Jones’s Baby

Bridget Jones’s Baby wasn’t a horrible movie. It’s funny in places. But even though I laughed, it made me sad, …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Wild Life

Pixar-like moments? Sweet scenes that require wiping a tear from your grown-up eye? Nope, not a one. But then there …

Comedy, Drama
The Hollars

This movie’s unfortunate profanity—especially those misuses of Jesus’ name—may drive it out of bounds for family-focused viewers who would likely …

Comedy, Drama
Florence Foster Jenkins

Florence Foster Jenkins reminds us all that, sometimes, passion trumps perfection. That what we love doesn’t always make sense.

Animation, Comedy
Sausage Party

We need about as much nuance to review this sick flick as comedian Seth Rogen used restraint in making it. …

Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nine Lives

Every dad—and really, every Tabby stripe of parent or spouse—can sometimes use a little reminder that the time you spend …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Little Prince

Just because the movie isn’t quite as good as the book, that doesn’t make it a bad movie.

Comedy
Bad Moms

It’s unhealthy to shoot for perfection, and it can damage both parents and kids. But it’s really, really unhealthy to …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course may be showing the series’ prehistoric age, but in some important ways it also emphasizes traditional …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusting in any decade is far less kid-friendly than many would have you believe.