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for Children

3 Angels: Highly Recommended
3 Devils: Save Your Money

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Happy Feet

  

  1 Angel

  

Cute factor: High. Ecological Message: Well Done. Soundtrack: Bad (yet another round of updated 80's music-was there any good music in the 80's?). Plot: What plot?

The makers of this film didn't seem to think kids would be able to handle "March of the Penguins" so decided to cute them up - a lot. And the baby penguins are especially cute but that can't outweigh the fact that the storyline of this film is so disjointed and weak it's nearly unwatchable. Like a middle school student struggling to write a homework assignment, this movie starts and ends fairly well. But the middle simply falls apart and must be seriously overlooked as you struggle to sit through to the end. For anyone older than seven Robin Williams, in dual roles, fairly rescues this story through his energy and humor. If you want to let your child share in the cute and get the important message of global warming I suggest you wear earmuffs to deaden the soundtrack, leave your logic at the door and enjoy the pretty little pictures.

Recommended. 

Appropriate Age Range: 5 to 7
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Please Remember: Discuss the movie with them afterward! It is important to watch the show with them, at least the first time. This should not be considered a luxury option unless you are absolutely positive that you completely and wholeheartedly approve of all of the content contained in the viewing experience! 

Regardless, it is crucial that you at least talk with them about what they thought about what they just saw:

bullet What did they like the most? 
bullet What about that did they enjoy? 
bullet Was there anything they didn't like? 
bullet What was it about that part that had them feel that way? 
bulletWho were your favorite characters, and why?

The discussion can be as important or often more valuable experience than the movie itself! Do not loose the opportunity to teach your values, clarify their uncertainties or explain what they saw. This helps them develop their own reasoning skills. This returns control to your own household, teaches what your family values and reduces the power that media has to influence your children. And after all, isn't this what we want for our children?

 

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