Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The LEGO Batman Movie

A tiny bit more restraint could have made this a movie we’d wholeheartedly recommend. As it is, it’s pretty good, …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids
Monster Trucks

This is a movie about a boy and his monster. It’s a popcorn-munching romp for the tween set, one that …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Sing

Sing is exactly what you would expect if you’ve seen the trailer: a lighthearted and inspiring American Idol-style singing competition …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Moana

Disney sets its narrative sights on a new blend of Hawaiian myth and Pacific Ocean adventure.

Animation, Kids, Musical
Trolls

This let’s-all-get-along tale is pretty much exactly the kind of felt-and-glitter silliness you might expect from a movie about something …

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.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Storks

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

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 …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Kubo and the Two Strings

All of Kubo’s eye-, ear- and heart-pleasing stuff masks some spiritual philosophies that parents may not be expecting.

Action/Adventure, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pete’s Dragon

If you’re a parent pausing over concerns about dragons, worry not. Pete’s winged, galumphy bud Elliot is no scary, scaly …

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.

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, Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Secret Life of Pets

Occasional toilet humor doesn’t ruin this good-hearted, pro-pet flick, one that reminds us humans not to make hasty decisions or …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The BFG

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of this children’s classic is a delightful story contrasted with the specter of a rather macabre fate.