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.

Animation, Comedy, Kids
Finding Dory

Dory’s determination to return home, then, becomes a series of teachable moments about loss, parental nurturing, friendship …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows tries to replicate the goofy charm of the original 1987-96 animated TV …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Angry Birds Movie

What more were we expecting from a cartoon based on a phone app that shoots miffed birds at pigs?

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Ratchet & Clank

It’s a fast-paced, action-heavy story linked to the franchise’s games. It even attempts to strike a kid-friendly balance up on …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Jungle Book

An audacious—and kind of awesome at times—update of the Rudyard Kipling-written, Disney-appropriated classic tale.