Home Movie Reviews

It's a great tale about a young boy who becomes a friendly hostage of a grizzly bear while on a bear hunting expedition with his father in the northwest. Things go awry and the boy is taken by the bear only to be chased by his father and his team of men. The rugged adventure is only the beginning of this entertaining and relationship bonding movie between man and animal. It's perfect for all ages. Kids can watch it as the movie offers good moral values without hard language or adult situations.

We rented this movie two nights ago, and our whole family thoroughly enjoyed it. It is the story of a boy and his father who go on an expedition in the Rocky Mountains, to catch a grizzly bear and bring it back alive. Along the way, the boy gets separated from his father and ends up with a momma grizzly bear who has taken a liking to him. She takes care of him as they journey together to find her cubs. During this time, the father is on a desperate hunt to find his son. The scenery is beautiful, the animals are wonderful, and the entire movie is excellently produced. The father and son learn a lot about what love and respect for nature really means. I was impressed with this movie. It is rated PG for what they called "nature violence", which is some animal attacks on other animals, and one time where the grizzly attacks one of the men in the hunting party. This may scare small children, but my son is 7 1/2 and he loved it. He was so interested in the story, that he didn't talk all the way through it, he just watched as amazed as I was. I also didn't hear a foul word in the whole movie. There may be a "damn" in there somewhere, but I didn't catch it. I never saw this movie come out in the theaters, but it sure is worth renting. I would recommend it to any family with school age and above. My husband and I liked it just as much as our son. We give it an A+.

Grizzly Falls makes for an excellent form of entertainment for the family. Everything that is needed for a good, wholesome, and exciting storyline is present in this movie. Pop the corn, pour the soda, and sit back and enjoy!

Of the 3 LarryBoy cartoons released so far, "The Yodel Napper" is the most fun so far. My daughter and son love the Hula Friends dolls and the silly dialogue. My husband and I love the moral of the story and, well, OK, we admit it -- we've watched it without the kids! Fun, entertaining, and with good values. The traditional cartoon look is much better than Sponge Bob or Power Puff Girls. Hopefully Big Idea can bring LarryBoy to television. This cartoon is a big hit at my house! We're looking forward to the next volume in the series.

Values-based moral, with nonstop laughs! Well written and superbly animated. My son has watched the new LarryBoy at least 5 times since we brought it home yesterday. Terrific entertainment and a wonderful and meaningful message delivered without being "preachy". A real treat, overall.

The new Larryboy is terrific! The message that greed and never-ending materialism can lead to unhappiness is such a helpful and necessary lesson. Thanks Big Idea for continuing to help parents do their job while entertaining the whole family at the same time. My kids and I were laughing uproariously at the zany humor and super silly dialogue. Hooray for Noodle Blabberbop and his Toy Sheep!

PS: The bonus short "A Polar Pickle" has a classic cartoon look and feel. Love it!

Hands down, "I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away" is a classic in the "Little House on the Prairie" series and is something you'll definitely want to see if you're a fan of the show. Indeed, it is a critical turning point, both on the show and in the true-to-life books, and it launches some drastic changes in the entire Ingalls family. When fifteen-year-old Mary is stricken with blindness, it is her initial denial and her family's fear and guilt that makes for a very emotional first few months. Mary's parents send her to a top-notch school for the blind, where she refuses to learn at first but is pulled in the right direction by her patient teacher Adam Kendall. In time, they form a loving bond that will last forever, and Mary's character matures a hundred times over through her experience.

This is a beautiful episode, and it is easy to see why actress Melissa Sue Anderson was nominated for an Emmy for her performance here as Mary. This entire show is filled with many memorable, touching, and sometimes shattering moments that test a family's strength and inspire you. Anyone who takes the time to appreciate this wonderful show will definitely see that.

Wonderful episode, superb TV series...highly recommended.

This is televison at its BEST in the 1970's and LHOTP at its BEST!!!!! the acting is superb and this is the season finale for season 4, this is also the most pivotal point in the LHOTP storylines. the episode is all about Mary going blind and how the Ingalls deal with Mary's blindness. 5 stars out of 5

This is one of my absolute favorite episodes of Little House on the Prairie. This is where the character of Adam is introduced. Finally the girls are starting to grow up. Mary is stricken blind and after much denial and fear finally overcomes the shock of it all, and finds her way back. Adam helps her through her struggle with tough love, and Mary is able to be the teacher that she always wanted to be.

Ill be honest, I only have their cd Jane Doe at the moment, but mostly because of this dvd im gonna try to get a couple more of there albums because lets face it, Converge are worth it, these guys are f***ing machines and their live preformances are clearly spectacular!!! I love how the first song on the main side is done with a artistic overtone to it, but i honestly prefer the camera angle that was shown during the Germany showning because in that one the person recording the footage did an exellent job of focusing on each member of the band to the point you could see the fingerings that guitarist is doing and get a great idea of what the drummer is doing visually. you also get to see how they would look from the audiences stand point in that one and its pretty funny how it takes a couple of songs for the specators to actually start moving! but thats only a small unimportant fact in the whole sceam of things, because Converge plays all their songs from Jane Doe you see in this dvd perfectly and all these other songs are amazing and i imagine are done perfectly too. a great buy, and a good way to advertise more of their material!

Unloved and Weeded out is necessary for any and all Converge fan. It includes new material such as the two first songs 'Downpour' and 'Flowers and Razorwire' which are all done beautiful. I mention this two songs because they embody Converge's ability to go from a bone crushing, chaotic, melodic song, and right into a beautiful, hearfelt song and still sound like it couldn't have been done better. Their is also a rerecording of 'Homesong' which was my only complaint with the whole album, and a minor complaint at that. On the original recording of 'Homesong' on the album Petioning the Empty Sky, Kurt Ballou stops the song to fix his gitar string and Jacob Bannon manages to cut his head on the mic stand, all the conversation during this period of time is recorded and was very amusing, but sadly these events did not transpire during the rerecording. Every rerecording of their old songs are much tighter, cleaner, brighter, heavy, and better sounding. The rerecording of 'The High Cost of Playing God' almost sent me to the hospital it hit so heavy. They also include two live songs off their album The Poacher Diaries, which exemplify Converge's live talent. If you ever wished you could here a small collection of Converge's best songs rerecorded to perfection and some new material that shows promise for the future of hardcore and metal, this is the album that does that. It is also one of the best examples of this band's true talent and true capabilities, and a great CD who wants to hear Converge at their best hour. This new friends and rerecored old will deffianetly keep me going to Converge's next release, but if this is any indication for the future, buckle your settbelts ladies any gents because this is gonna be one wild ride!

this isnt' any new stuff from converge, its all the stuff that they did between "petitioning the empty sky" and "when forever comes crashing" (well the first 7 tracks at least) my favorite song on the disc has to be either jacobs ladder or downpour...just to make the disc even better than it is...converge puts on a couple demos from their release "when forever..." and 2 live tracks from the poacher diaries split with ANb, no converge fan should be without this!

This film is based on a true story, where a blue-collar working man finds a bag of money that literally fell off an armored truck. The pandemonium and hilarity that follows is beautifully presented by John Cusack, definitely one of the best actors of our time. I've been following Cusack's films from Class in the 1980s through today, and I have not once been disappointed by his performance. He is in top form here, making the viewer wish that they both were and weren't in his shoes. Benicio del Toro is hilarious as a swindler, and Debi Mazar is pretty good as Cusack's on-again, off-again love interest. Gandolfini of HBO's The Sopranos also costars, and is fantastic as usual. If you like any of the actors mentioned, or just want to see a good film about a real event that seems unbelievable, get your hands on this one!

Don't let this film pass you by. Often stashed in the 'comedy' section of the video shelves this film is often more tense drama due to the fact it is based on actual events. In 1981 unemployed laborer Joey Coyle and his pal drive through the back streets of rotting industrial Philadelphia after another unsuccessful day of looking for work. In the middle of the street they find what Coyle thinks might make a good tool box. It in fact has fallen from an armored truck and contains over a million dollars. There is humor, but more anxiety along the way as John Cusak, who portrays Coyle stuggles with what to do next. Michael Madsen gives an excellent performance as a detective from the same neighborhood who urges a reward that will be enough for the impoverished locals to buy a house. Maury Chaykin has a memorable scene as a mob boss trying to swindle Cusak and explains why Ben Franklin is his favorite currency portrait. A heartbreaking and tragic look at 1980's recession America.

I just seen Money For Nothing and I think it was a great movie that kept me entertaining. The true story of Joey Coyle was very interesting because some people who find 1.2 million dollars out of a Armored car are shelfish enough to keep it and do goofy things to try to get away with it . This film was shot in locations I was filmilar with including the Old Airport and near monoghela river in my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. John Cusack was just great.

Finally! The show I absolutely loved as a kid is available on DVD, and not just a few episodes either... 12 big episodes on 2 discs, plus a bonus color "Lucy Show" episode (a tease by VCI to get you to buy that set) and all at an extremely reasonable price too! Why this show vanished from syndication sometime in the late '60s is beyond me, and I've missed it dearly ever since. Several generations have been missing out on a true TV classic that fell through the cracks. The episodes hold up remarkably well after all these years too... in fact, they have held up better than "I Love Lucy", which is a unarguable classic, but let's face it, they're extremely dated overall.

A few of the classic episodes included are:
-The one where Margie babysits the chimp that likes to attack Vernon!

-Mrs Odetts trying to get the money from her trust fund to buy that fast sports car with the chrome manifold!

-Margie's mental breakdown/The horse that is or isn't there.

-Vern & Margie pose as hillbillies to regain some old stock certificates that have some worth after all.

So don't be a lunkhead like Freddy... be as cool as Mrs. Odetts and pick this one up! If you're a fan of classic TV, you will not be disappointed! If you've never seen this show before, you're in for a real treat.

Keep 'em coming VCI! I'll buy all the Margie on DVD that you can put out there!

When I first discovered that a two volume DVD set of My Little Margie was to be marketed, I couldn't believe it! I didn't think I'd ever see even one show from this great old series again, let alone the 24 that are included in these two sets. Besides, I figured, even if this early/mid-fifties gem ever surfaced again it would be on TV Land or Nickelodeon and would be ruined by nightmarish commercial breaks (we have DSS), squeezed end-credits, and inane voiceovers.

VCI to the rescue! I've just reviewed the two DVDs in this first set and watched the first two shows on disk #1 and am extremely pleased! Knowing how things unfortunately are sometimes done these days, I had feared a poor quality transfer and a certain amount of butchering to have been done, but that's not the case at all, thank goodness!

I recall these shows from my early childhood, and they look and sound exactly as I remember them. Even the elaborate musical score that accompanies the end credits is there, complete and impressive as when brand new. The opening gimmick, where the facing images in the father/daughter photographs talk about each other, are there too--still clever, still cute, still funny! In fact, these shows are exactly as first viewed almost 50 years ago, but thanks to the clever writing (those early TV writers cut their teeth in the demanding medium of radio comedy) and the outstanding talents of Charles Farrell and Gale Storm (sigh!), these shows are still funny and engaging. I couldn't be more pleased!

One last note about the quality. We tend to forget how relatively murky television was in the Fifties. Broadcasting equipment was primitive but improving rapidly. However, because microwave and satellite transmission had not yet arrived, network affiliates in the major cities actually got their prime time shows from the networks in the mail!!! Yes, the studios sent out 16mm film copies of the shows, and that's how the local stations showed them in the appointed time slots. Over the years ensuing, hobbyists have collected these old affiliate films, and that's in part why they are now available and in such good condition. Since these My Little Margie DVDs are made from those fine 16mm broadcast originals, instead of kinescope copies, the image quality is actually better than when they were originally broadcast! And the sound, while not stereo or anything like it, is at least up to mono TV broadcast standards of 15 or 20 years ago.

My verdict -- these are terrific DVDs, and if you like lovely, perky, endearing, sparkly-eyed feminine firecrackers, you will love Gale Storm, just as I did as an 8-year-old boy!

How wonderful for VCI to bring this classic TV series to DVD.This extremely popular show from the 50's even rivaled "I Love Lucy" while at it's height. DVD quality is surprisingly good considering that no restoration has been done - images are clear with only a slight visible grain - sound is acceptable. However bios. are sketchy ad incomplete - Gale had an immensely sucessful recording career(check out her CD - Dark Moon - The Best Of Gail Storm on Varese Sarabande), which she gave up at it's height to work on another prosperous TV series "The Gail Storm Show", a precursor to the Love Boat" TV series. Margie is real classic TV - contrary to public opinion, the 50"s are classic television - not the 60's or 70's. Hey, ... - pick it up!! PS - Gail Storm - alive and well in LA - Hey Gail - how about a recorded interview for vol. 2!!

WOW, I cannot believe it! FINALLY! We now have the first complete 13-episode season of The New Avengers available here in the U.S. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE! Thank you, A&E!

I once never thought that anything could top the original Avengers. But to me, The New Avengers are actually superior to the original series. Don't get me wrong. I love Steed and Mrs. Peel. I even love Steed and Tara King. However, the New Avengers have something additional that the original Avengers never had: Gareth Hunt as Mike Gambit. (This is one slick, tough dude who is seriouly underrated!)

Placing the charater of Mike Gambit in the middle of the standard Avengers duet was a stroke of pure genius. Gambit brings a cool, silent-but-deadly ingredient to the mix that makes the series pack a bigger punch as a whole . . . especially in the action department.

The great thing about Gareth Hunt is that he doesn't compete with Patrick Macnee. Rather, he compliments Macnee's sophistication and charm with cool youthful bravado.

Finally, The New Avengers have Joanna Lumley, one actress who is PURE DYNAMITE as the chic, sexy and deadly Purdey. You cannot take your eyes off this lady and together: Steed, Purdey and Gambit make this series the best series in television history!

RUN . . . DO NOT WALK . . . TO PURCHASE THIS VIDEO! HIGHLY, HIGHLY , HIGHLY RECOMMENEDED!!!

I bought this box set because I love the Avengers and because I want everything that's out there pertaining to the Avengers on DVD.
And I bought the first season of "The New Avengers" thinking that I would suffer through all 13 episodes. WRONG!!!
These are simply wonderful! In fact, I watched all 13 episodes almost non-stop. The New Avengers, as far as I'm concerned, is a proud addition to the Avengers canon.
Now, A & E, when are you going to release the final season of the New Avengers, and the first half of Honor Blackman's first season? And be sure to throw in as an "extra" the one or two surviving episodes of Steed with his male partner.
Long live the Avengers!

As the blurb on the box says: You can't keep a good man down!

After debonair British agent John Steed was blasted into orbit with his companion Tara King at the end of "Bizarre" in 1969, the classic British TV show The Avengers finally came to an end after eight years of international success. There were certainly no plans to revive the series when Patrick MacNee (Steed) and Linda Thorson (King) got together to make a champagne commercial in 1975, but almost as soon as that short reunion was in the can, the wheels spun, and producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell, with French and Canadian backing, soon had The Avengers back in production. Well, almost.

For most hardcore fans of the classic Avengers series, The New Avengers is little more than a poor relation, certainly unwelcome in the show's family history. Maybe because it was my first exposure to the Avengers format, I'm not one of them. I love The New Avengers as much as I do the original 60's series. That's not to say it doesn't have faults - it does; and it certainly is more of a cousin than a sister to the original, but for me it's just as worthy of a place in Avengers folklore as anything else.

The programme had undergone many metamorphisms before. The original series starring Ian Hendry (who incidentally appears here as a guest in "To catch a rat") as David Keel, with Steed as his shadowy sidekick, bore little similarity to the subsequent seasons featuring Mrs. Catherine Gale (Honor Blackman). In turn, those episodes are only vaguely similar to the famous Mrs. Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) and Tara King (Linda Thorson) seasons that followed. But it makes perfect sense. It would have been impossible, not to mention laughable to simply pick up where those episodes left off, and it's appropriate that the 70's revival was another stage in the programmes development.

Patrick MacNee agreed to return and revive the character of Steed, without whom it must be said, there could be no incarnation of The Avengers. Now past retirement age, and sadly looking it, he really takes the role of the absent Mother, and acts more as a guiding influence than the man at the center of the action. Two younger characters were created in order to maintain the high action content of the show and keep the traditional sexual chemistry between the leads alive. Gareth Hunt was cast as the (supposedly) rugged and handsome Mike Gambit and Joanna Lumley took the role of Purdey. For me, Purdey is second only to Mrs. Peel as the best of the Avengers girls. Wonderfully elegant, beautiful, cool, witty and with bags of sex appeal she instantly became a hit with the British public, spawning a whole generation of women copying her then highly trendy (but now faintly ridiculous looking) hairstyle. Her balletic fighting style was also a real innovation. Her character became as recognizable and popular as Mrs. Peel, whereas sadly the show as a whole did not. Only 26 episodes were made and broadcast in two batches over 1976 and 1977 and then the Avengers really were over for good. Except for the terrible movie of course, but that's a whole other can of worms.

A&E now bring the first 13 episodes together on four DVD's all in one box set. They've been digitally remastered and certainly look as good as the originals, although there are imperfections in some of the prints. Oddly, the first 7 episodes released have the American titles plus some minor, yet irritating cuts. For example, a reference to Tara King has been excised from "House of cards" for some inexplicable reason. The latter 6 stories seem to be intact, and carry the original animated British title sequence. Another oddity is that the stories are arranged sequentially in production order, whereas all previous Avengers releases run in British TV transmission order. Yet again A&E have provided no extras at all, but the on screen menus are done well, and the packaging is striking. Check out the icon on the box of the three lead characters. For some reason, their heads have been morphed onto their bodies in a completely inaccurate scale, resulting in a very funny, but oddly disconcerting appearance of our three hero's. I'd probably sue if I were them.

I can't help but like these stories; even all these years later. They don't have the surreal camp value of the latter 60's Avengers, and indeed are far more gritty and "real" in many respects. Stylistically it's different too. The wonderful faux location settings achieved in the film studio are replaced by extensive location filming and the use of diabolical masterminds has been superceded by the more plausible threats from international spy and crime rings. There's a great deal of emphasis too on the, (for 1976), bang-up-to-date vehicles of the three leads, a real overplaying of product placement. Sadly, like Ms. King before her, Purdey suffers from some truly dreadful costuming; veering from scene to scene from wonderfully seductive and alluring to hideously frumpy, and don't even ask about Gambit's leisure wear. The involvement, or rather lack of it, of Steed himself is often cited as one of the biggest failings of the show, but the interplay between the two junior cast members more than make up for it. Purdey's acid humor is worth the entrance price alone. Continuity was also something of an issue, and some of the storylines certainly need to be glossed over rather quickly.

Whatever your views on the authenticity of this incarnation of the Avengers, I can't see how you'd fail to enjoy it. Sadly, the second batch of 13 didn't quite match up to this promising start and led to the show's terminal demise, but that's another release for another time.

This DVD is my three year old's very favorite! We watch it everyday! There are 8 episodes in this DVD. It's great for her attention span.
If you've never seen Oswald, you don't know what you're missing! Oswald and his friends are amusing even for adults! There is nice soft music in the background. This is such a great dvd, my daughter has memorized all the little songs that Oswald sings and performs them for family and friends!
Get this for your preschooler, you won't be disappointed!

Okay, I admit it! I am a 23-year old fan of Oswald because the colors are calm with no harsh bold outlined characters, the voices are soothing (w/ an exception to Henry the penguin/David Landers..lol). The stories are cheesy w/ Oswald's weiner dog being named...Weenie (any similarity to Winnie from "The Wonder Years"?...hmm).
I am a huge fan of Fred Savage and he really brings out a soft-hearted octopus to life with bizarre adventures and a collection of silly songs that are sure to stick in your head. I highly recommend Oswald to all babysitters out there, as not only the younger kids will love the characters & stories, but you may find yourself entranced with the imaginative world of Nickelodeon's Oswald.

Our 2 year old & 4 year old LOVE watching OSWALD on NICK JR. ....Although sometimes ..... When they want to watch OSWALD .... he's not on TV , So this a DVD is a great idea for any OSWALD fan !!! --- If you've never seen OSWALD you will love this show from the start , cute humor , great stories , what more can I say --- BUY THIS DVD !!!

A great experience in life: all that mystery involved in a "film noir" crime scene. The splendor of the "Peter Gunn" series, one of the most wonderful and famous TV series. And the music of Mancini setting the scene! It's a treasure! It's a perfect demo of how to prepare our hearts and minds with music for a movie scene. Mancini is a master forever. This package is very worth of the impact of watching to the complete series at a time or at least half of it. There are volumes 1 and 2. Buy both for the complete series.

Forty years old and still high quality entertainment. The quality
of the images and sound are better than we ever saw or heard on those primitive TV sets of the 60's. The acting is clearly for fun and the dialog is laced with good comedy moments. The talent of Blake Edwards, Henry Mancini, the actors and musicians, is clearly on display. You will watch it again and again. Whenever there is nothing worth watching on the networks or dish we enjoy Peter Gunn all over again.

This the coolest TV series ever and the episodes are great on this DVD package. I know that the tape to DVD transfers could have been done a little better, at least in the soundtrack dept. however, the sound is really not bad, just a little hissy now and then. But who's complaining?? The picture quality is very good and the acting and the action are second to none. This is great stuff. I have an older Peter Gunn VHS box set with 10 episodes which were transferred quite poorly and in the SLP mode. The DVD release trashes that set but I treasure the VHS set anyhow. I don't know why this series was never on TV when I was growing up (b. 1965) but it should have been. I found a cd of the Peter Gunn music by Henry Mancini 11 years ago and REALLY dug the cool jazz on it but never saw and episode untill the VHS set came out a couple of years ago. And it still has not been re-released into syndication for broadcast. I recall about 5 or 6 years ago it was on Direct TV but was soon taken off and I never saw it there either. What gives? Detective shows hardly get any cooler than this and Craig Stevens, and all the regular and guest actors were some of the best of their time. I fail to understand how this series could have gone out of popularity yet, the stinkin' Lucille Ball show has played straight through since its inception fer cryin out loud! Get this set and you'll be amazed. I can't wait to get the 1st set now!!

The movie Race to Space is a wonderful, heart touching movie, starring Alex D. Linz and James Woods. Now these two actors are so extremly good, that no matter what the movie was if they were in it, it would be entertaining. These movie was extremly entertaining and I will give it 5 STARS! Watch it!

See, the thing is...I am a huge Alex Linz fan. I watch all of his movies and I think he is an awsome actor. This movie is just excellent. The movies he is in are just so good (im not saying this just because i am in love with him lol) and i think this is one of his best. The plot is realistica and reasonable, yet a great kiddie movie (i would know cuz im 13). I went to see this at the movie theater and after the movie was over, i stood up and applauded, and that was the first time i felt that it was neccesary to do so. Everyone else did the same and, enough babbling, there is just one thing to say, THIS MOVIE IS AWSOME! Hope you enjoy it!!!

Okay, so this is one of those A-Boy-And-His-Dog/Cat/Horse/Space Alien type movies. (In this case, the mammal in question is Mac the chimp, the first US critter to make it up in space.) So, some of the plot details are gonna be a given: the boy, Billy, and Mac form a deep bond almost instantaneously; the boy's father, a German scientist now working for NASA, is distant and removed from him; the bad guy government agent is willing to do anything to stop the rocket launch from succeeding, even if it will hurt Mac.

So, okay. A few overly-used plot conventions. But what movie _doesn't_ have overly-used plot conventions? And this remains one of the very, very few family movies I've seen done _right_. The boy, Billy, gets to help both the training of Mac and will later "save the day" - but we have no annoying, attempting-to-be-humorous scenes of Billy brillantly thwarting the sunglasses-wearing evil agents of Doom. Nor does he get free reign around NASA to do whatever he wants. His father - brillantly portrayed by James Woods, who does a surprisingly excellent German accent - is not a horrible father who cares more about his work than his son; he's a normal enough guy who still misses his wife who died three years ago and is trying, _really_ trying, to do the right thing by his son. The movie is moved along with decent speed, having more than its fair share of amusing moments ("Why do you people continually try to kill my son?") without losing the realism tone.

And best of all: the ending. *WARNING: SPOILER ALERT AHEAD!* Billy's father does _not_ fall madly in love with the beautiful doctor and trainer of Mac, to be followed by marriage and a once-again perfectly nuclear family for Billy. Nope. Billy finds a mother figure again in Mac's vet, but Billy's father ain't over his wife yet, and there is no corny, unrealistic romance between the two good doctors. Real life doesn't _work_ that way all the time; and it was nice to be reminded that you can have a happy ending without Daddy getting re-married. It would have totally ruined the mood of the film, not to mention Woods' character, to do something so artifical. And they didn't, and it worked. *END SPOILER ALERT*.

This was a really well-done family movie that I recommend to any James Woods fan; but also to anyone looking for well-done, well-written entertainment the _whole_ family can enjoy. Rarely corny and always down-to-earth, this is a good movie. If you get a chance to see it in your area - see it. You won't be disappointed.