Our parent movie reviews let you know which new releases to take your kids to and which ones you may want to hold off on.
1) Family Review of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Rating: PG
‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ doesn’t feel like a movie made for 2013 audiences. An extremely loose adaptation of the original short story by James Thurber, the content feels too emotionally manufactured, to the point of irrelevancy—and delivers an extremely trite message about living life to the fullest that lacks any real poignancy......Read More
2) Family Review of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Rating: PG-13
‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ attempts to show us a different side of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, focusing not only on his attempts to end apartheid in South Africa but also his marriage to his second wife, Winnie. But while the performances of Idris Elba and Naomie Harris are quite strong, the film overall suffers from a sluggish pace and too-long runtime.…Read More
3) Family Review of Grudge Match
Rating: PG-13
Do Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro really need money so badly that they have to do dreck like ‘Grudge Match’? It’s the kind of silly, stupid movie that you could see with older relatives during the holidays because it’s not too offensive, but you’ll forget it immediately afterward because it’s so unsurprising…..Read More
