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Family Movie Night Ideas – Quick Reviews and Parental Guidance

Whether it is movies in the park, DVDs or streaming, we tend to see the same movie offerings – a few that we can call the “movies of the year” and some classics that keep coming around. We are gathering Family Movie Night ideas into one place with short reviews, parental guidance, and links to longer reviews when we have them. I’ve also included reviews from past film festivals because many of these movies are now streaming or available through your public library. In these cases, I’ve added a language notation.

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Note: No one on the FFTC staff has a film background. We are parents with opinions. If you disagree with these reviews or just want to add your own thoughts, we welcome your opinions in the comments, the more real parent opinions the better.

Image courtesy Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

My Friend Raffi is the fantastical story of a hamster who, hours after open heart surgery, is accidentally kidnapped and the parallel adventures he and his boy have until they are re-united.

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Birds of Passage – Review

Image courtesy of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

Birds of passage is a story of Cathy, whose father gives her a fertilized duck egg for her 10th birthday, and her best friend Margaux, to whom the duckling imprints. When Margaux’s parents won’t let her keep the duckling and Cathy’s mother doesn’t want to take it back either, the girls set out on an illicit adventure to save their duck from becoming Pâté.

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Family Movie Night Ideas – Quick Reviews and Parental Guidance

My Friend Raffi – Review

Birds of Passage – Review