Top 10 Movies for Families from 1997
AIR BUD
AIR BUD opens with Mrs. Framm arriving with her withdrawn 12-year-old son, Josh, and young daughter in a small Washington town where she hopes to rebuild their lives following the untimely death of her husband. Coming home from school, Josh discovers Buddy,…
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ANASTASIA
Forty one years prior to the 20th Century Fox animated movie, ANASTASIA, featuring action, romance, an evil villain, and revisionist history, the same studio released an live action acting tour de force featuring Ingrid Bergman in the title role. Differing from the…
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CATS DON’T DANCE
CATS DON’T DANCE is a really funny musical cartoon send-up of 1930ís Hollywood, featuring a motley crew of animal actors-wannabes. They are dismayed to learn that they are not able to fulfill their dreams, because the movie studios will only accept human…
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FLUBBER
In FLUBBER, Medfield College Professor Phillip Brainard (Robin Williams) has forgotten two dates to marry his sweetheart Sara, the president of the financially troubled school. Evil financier Chester Hoenicker bankrolls Medfield College and plans to pull the money so he can take…
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MR. MAGOO
Leslie Nielsen does a great job of recreating the cartoon character Mr. Magoo as a live action persona in Walt Disney’s MR. MAGOO. Quincy Magoo has donated a new wing to the museum to house, among other treasures, the famous “Star of…
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LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
In 1997’s, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER movie, Theodore (Beaver) Cleaver is a short, sincere 8-year-old who looks up to his elder brother, Wally. Regrettably, try as he might, Beaver just can’t seem live up to his father’s expectations. Small of stature, Beaver…
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WILD AMERICA
WILD AMERICA is the true story of three Stouffer brothers who leave home in 1967 to spend the summer photographing wild animals in the American west. Young Marty cleans car parts in his father’s backyard garage. His desire to photograph animals sets…
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JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE
JUNGLE TO JUNGLE is a very funny noble savage movie. The movie opens with Michael Cromwell, played by Tim Allen, giving ulcers to his partner Richard, played by Martin Short, by buying coffee futures at a high price. Michael then hops on…
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MRS. BROWN
In MRS. BROWN, John Brown, faithful retainer to Queen Victoria, helps pull the Queen out of a long depression which started when her beloved husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861. Her inconsolable grief drove her to spend years of seclusion on the…
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BATMAN & ROBIN
BATMAN & ROBIN is a leather-clad morality tale set in a dark retro-futuristic world. In this fourth movie, Batman fights Mr. Freeze, who accidentally changed his molecular structure so that he could only survive at freezing temperatures. Meanwhile, a female environmentalist in…
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