The school holidays have rolled around again (It’s April already? How’s that possible?). Here are the five best movies for the family, showing in cinemas nationwide…
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A lonely girl befriends a timid little alien in this family cartoon from DreamWorks (makers of Shrek). Features the voices of Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna. The box office heavy hitter of the school holiday’s animated releases.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water
The holiday winner is SpongeBob nuttiness. We say: “Winning kids over with its cartoonishness, adults with its wittiness, and stoned college students with its absurdness, Sponge Out of Water is an animated Monty Python movie you can take the whole family to” (full review).
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Cinderella
Also good enough to satisfy the whole family is Disney’s live-action fairy tale. Our (fully-grown and male) reviewer says: “Delivers EXACTLY what it promises. Perfectly. Beautifully. Magically” (full review).
Shaun the Sheep
Stop motion animation darlings Aardman Studios give their pop-ewe-lar sheep the full screen treatment. “Judging by the giggles of the kids I took, Shaun and his pals provide a delightful, if undemanding, treat” says our reviewer (full review).
The Book of Life
This is a Romeo and Juliet-inspired love story set during a Day of the Dead celebration, co-produced by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth). We say: “Introduces kids to a vibrant world soaked in a fiesta of colour and constant creativity… the inspired art direction works beautifully while setting itself apart from the stock-standard Pixar/Disney/DreamWorks look” (full review).
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