Great Kids Movies that Adults will Enjoy

More and more “children’s movies” are including adult humor. Adult humor meaning simply humor that probably only an adult is going to understand and find funny The Shrek movies are a good example of this.

Not the Old Classics

Whereas movies like 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and other good old Disney standbys were nice, clean, wholesome fun for the kids; aside from the storyline they were not particularly appealing to adults. Shows like Aladdin, with Robin Williams as the genie, started appealing to adults thanks to the comedian’s humor and delivery. Remakes of animated movies using real people are touch and go. Where Cloris Leachman did a great job as Cruella De Ville, not all humans are capable of putting forth the quality performance that an animated character can. Short of perhaps Jim Carrey, not many humans can make the kinds of faces that an animated character can make, for one thing. Humans in general, are simply not as lovable as a soft looking, cuddly cartoon character.

Name Some Names

Some specific titles of movies that both kids and adults will enjoy are as follows: first and foremost is ‘ET: The Extraterrestrial’, ‘Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ with Gene Wilder not that Johnny Depp one, ‘Home Alone’ and, ‘The Santa Clause’, ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’, ‘The Grinch’ I prefer the animated version to Jim Carrey’s live performance… But the cartoon is only 30 minutes long; and of course, ‘Elf’, ‘Toy Story’, ‘Monsters Inc.’, ‘Big’, ‘The Incredibles’, 1967’s ‘The Jungle Book’, 2009’s ‘Up’, and ‘Back to the Future’ with Michael J. Fox.

As with all things, there were some stinkers. A few of those ended up being ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks- the Sqeakquel’, ‘The High School Musical’, ‘Baby Geniuses’, and ‘The Magic Round About’.

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