- Content: “Sharing Thanks with Our Neighbors”
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What You Need To Know:
The holiday special is well-made, with good animation and acting. It contains a moral, Christian worldview in which characters give to the less fortunate and help their neighbors, as people volunteer in various ways to help Arthur find his puppy. His puppy even helped out a couple of other dogs in the animal shelter. MOVIEGUIDE® finds AN ARTHUR THANKSGIVING to be a good Holiday watch that is appropriate for all ages.
Content:
A dominant, Christian moral worldview where the community helps the main character, an instance of donating to those in need in order to help the less fortunate enjoy the holiday;
No foul language;
No violence. A cat knocks acorns off of a tree that land on a dog, who was not hurt;
No sex;
No nudity;
No alcohol use;
None; and,
Kids disobey their guardian and called them names.
More Detail:
We wake up Thanksgiving morning to Arthur’s dad cooking their Thanksgiving meal. Arthur and his puppy, Pal, walk downstairs to get some breakfast. When they learn everyone has to eat leftover spaghetti for breakfast. Arthur’s dad grabs his freshly cooked brussel sprouts while Pal starts to eat Arthur’s little sisters’ food. When Arthur’s mom goes to get a plate for Arthur’s spaghetti, his dad takes all the plates because he needs them for Thanksgiving. So Arthur’s mom transfers the Brussels sprouts from a plate to a dish and serves Arthur breakfast on that plate. After he finishes breakfast, Arthur lets Pal lick the sauce off his plate. That is when his dad walks in and assumes Pal ate all of the brussel sprouts! Pal is forced into a timeout and has to stay outside for the entire day.
While hooked up to his doghouse, a cat starts teasing Pal. Pal slips out of his collar and begins to chase the cat. Pal chases him all around town, ending up far away from his home. Meanwhile, Arthur’s Aunt Minnie arrives at the house. Arthur tells her all about the float he’ll be on in the Thanksgiving Day parade. Soon after, Arthur’s dad realizes that Pal did not eat the brussels sprouts because Arthur’s mom told him she had moved them. When Arthur goes outside to let Pal in, he realizes that Pal is gone. He wants to start looking for Pal but needs to leave to get to the parade.
Arthur starts heading toward the parade, but is also keeping a watchful eye out for Pal. At the same time, Pal is trying to find his way back home and runs into a big dog. The dog invites him into her yard to see the Thanksgiving-day feast they left out for her. She offers Pal some food before he goes on his way. At this point, Arthur gets to the parade but is too worried about his dog paying attention. His teacher decides to help by printing out missing dog posters. Right before the parade starts, Arthur decides to look for his puppy instead of participating in their float.
Meanwhile, Pal ends up at the dog shelter, where he learns that some dogs don’t get the big meal that others do. This sparks an idea, and Pal races back to the friend he met earlier. He and his friend gather a bunch of food and make their way down to the shelter. At the same time, Arthur keeps running into people who have seen Pal throughout the day. All of them help him out in the search for his missing puppy, and it’s only a matter of time until Arthur is reunited with Pal.
When it comes to worldview, AN ARTHUR THANKSGIVING has a dominant worldview of Christian/Biblical. Characters often go out of their way to give to others and help each other. This results in a fantastic, uplifting moral worldview. The only thing holding it back would be the occasional miscellaneous immorality seen throughout the runtime. Even with those moderately questionable elements, MOVIEGUIDE® finds AN ARTHUR THANKSGIVING a good watch that is appropriate for all ages.
