What to Watch: Movies that Bring Families Closer (No Eye-rolls Included)

By Leigh Hewett

Do you want to bring your family closer together? Look no further than these family-friendly movies that are all about valuing your loved ones. You will experience heart-warming moments as you root for characters who have a strong desire for connection, empathy, and love. From beloved classics to animated adventures, sit down, relax, and enjoy with no eye-rolls guaranteed! 

YES DAY

Quality:

****

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

YES DAY is a funny, enjoyable family comedy streaming on Netflix about parents who say yes to their three children for one whole day. YES DAY has a morally uplifting, redemptive worldview about loving one another, making sacrifices for others and giving to your family.

CHUPA

Quality:

****

Content:

+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)

CHUPA is a delightful, animated fantasy on Netflix about the friendship between a miniature Chupacabra, the legendary Latin American creature, and a young Mexican boy from Kansas, who helps the creature get back to its mother. CHUPA is an engaging, family-friendly adventure full of heart, humor and flare, with compelling storytelling and uplifting values stressing family, love, protecting the innocent, and helping others.

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON

Quality:

****

Content:

+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, Disney’s classic 1960 movie, is about a family in the early 1800s, shipwrecked on a deserted island, who build a clever treehouse home on the island, deal with many animals and eventually fight off a band of pirates. Based on the famous novel by Johann Wyss, SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON is a rollicking good family movie with a strong Christian worldview that extols faith, family, prayer, teamwork, and perseverance.

THE INCREDIBLES

Quality:

****

Content:

+2 Moderately questionable elements.

THE INCREDIBLES is another incredible animated movie from Pixar and Disney, about two retired superhero parents who must battle a villain targeting their family. Beautifully animated, THE INCREDIBLES is full of exciting energy, fantastic fun, and humorous hilarity, with a very strong redemptive, Christian worldview full of many positive moral messages.

THE SPY NEXT DOOR

Quality:

****

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

THE SPY NEXT DOOR stars Jackie Chan as Bob Ho, a Chinese spy on loan to the CIA who has fallen in love with the divorced woman next door, who has three precocious, opinionated children. Although there is some action comedy violence and some PG lines that require caution for young children, it is a delightful family romp, with lots of light action comedy violence and many good values taught in a gentle, family-friendly way.

DESPICABLE ME

Quality:

****

Content:

+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)

DESPICABLE ME is a very witty, heartfelt animated movie about an extremely sinful character transformed by the love of three little girls. The ending to DESPICABLE ME is so uplifting and redemptive that it overshadows some of the action violence, slapstick comedy and light scatological references.

HERBIE FULLY LOADED

Quality:

***

Content:

+2 Moderately questionable elements.

Herbie the Love Bug lives again in HERBIE FULLY LOADED, the most wholesome, fun-friendly family movie this summer. It stars Lindsay Lohan as Maggie Peyton, the young daughter of a former NASCAR champion, played by Michael Keaton. Maggie rescues Herbie from an angry junkyard owner, and the fun is off to a roaring start.

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