The children enjoyed all of them, but the overall favourite was .......... The Smurfs!
Cars 2, the children were a little disappointed with it, I'm not exactly sure why? Maybe because it's been so long since the first and they've outgrown it? My son loved the first one, and collected a few of the cars, but we are going back a few years now! This one failed to engage them fully, and dare I say it, they got a little bored!
Mr. Poppers Penguins was quite light entertainment, a reasonable watch, not at either end of the scale of good or bad! Although Jim Carrey was a lot better than I've found him in other films, thankfully!
The Smurfs, now I might be biased, I've always loved the Smurfs, and this film didn't disappoint. We all loved it, including the male that came to watch it too. It's funny, bordering on cheese, but I like cheese, so beware if you don't. It's happy, light, entertaining, with a slightly sinister character, faintly resembling in physical appearance to the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Although not quite as scary because the character in the smurfs was quite funny too, so there was a good balance.
If you're not sure whether a particular film is appropriate for your child, says it's a PG or 12A and you want to know a bit more. There is a great website to check out a film before you take your child to the cinema, or watch it on DVD - Kids in Mind, it reviews the films on things us parents are interested in! Each film gets a nudity, violence, and profanity rating, and a review of the film.
So the summer holidays are coming to an end, and the films I've mentioned above seem to be on limited showings or have finished now. However if you still want to see them at the cinema look out for a cheap weekend showing.
Most cinemas do a Sat, or Sun showing of films a second time, at a much cheaper price, aimed at attracting kids. So Cineworld for instance has Movies for Juniors, Saturday mornings, normally around 10am. When it's £1 a ticket for each person, so a lot more reasonable than normal cinema prices. The Odeon do similar too - Odeon Kids. It's definitely a good way to see films at the cinema, at a more reasonable price, as long as you don't mind seeing the films a bit longer after release, and giving up your Saturday mornings!
What films have you been to see this summer? Anyone else agree that The Smurfs was the bestest?
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