Big ideas can lead to amazing discoveries, but sometimes they come with consequences nobody expected. These movies explore the exciting, and sometimes messy, side of invention and innovation. From exciting discoveries to unexpected challenges, these stories give families plenty to think about and spark conversations about responsibility, wisdom, and doing what’s right.
Top 10 Family Movies About About Inventing Responsibly
MEET THE ROBINSONS
MEET THE ROBINSONS tugs at the heartstrings and tickles the funnybone. The story opens with a baby left at an orphanage. Years later, the orphan, a boy genius named Lewis, decides that he'll never be adopted. He builds a machine to explore…
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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is a delicious animated feast for the eyes and the funny bone. Aspiring inventor Flint Lockwood aggravates his dad and annoys the townspeople with his goofy inventions. When his new machine turning water into food rockets…
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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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ROBOTS
ROBOTS is a new animated comedy from the director of ICE AGE. Herb Copperbottom, a lowly dishwasher robot, raises his young son, Rodney, with a clear understanding that Rodney can do whatever he sets his mind to do. Rodney becomes an excellent…
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BIG HERO 6
BIG HERO 6 is an excellent Disney animated movie set in a fictional metropolis called San Fransokyo. Hiro is a 14-year-old boy with a gift for robotics. His parents are deceased, so Hiro lives with his older brother and their aunt. Hiro’s…
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WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL is a very funny British movie, with scary detective story elements. A criminal penguin named Feathers McGraw steals the Blue Diamond. However, Wallace and his dog, Gromit, trap him and turn him over to the police,…
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CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 takes up where the first movie left. Young inventor Flint Lockwood and his friends have saved the world from his out-of-control food machine. Flint’s childhood hero, Chester V, sends a team to clean up the…
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WALL-E
WALL*E is the latest animated feature from Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures. In the future, human beings left earth because there was too much trash. In their haste, they forgot to turn off WALL*E, Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class. So, for 700…
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RON’S GONE WRONG
RON’S GONE WRONG is an animated comedy about a lonely middle school boy who befriends a broken personal robot. Every child at Barney Pudowski’s middle school has a Bubble Bot, a personal robot that connects everyone to their friends, except for Barney.…
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JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS
The new G-rated animated movie, JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, is smart, funny, exciting, entertaining, and full of great moral messages that will have audiences cheering. In the story, the precocious Jimmy and his friends decide to sneak out of the house to…
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