Helping you choose the best movies for your family
MOVIE TITLE: Booksmart RATING: R LENGTH: 105 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: D for disgusting teenagers IN A NUTSHELL: From a mom’s perspective, this coming-of-age movie is trash. Every single GenZ teenager featured in the film lives in the gutter. Other … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Breakthrough RATING: PG LENGTH: 90 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: B+ IN A NUTSHELL: Based on a true story, Breakthrough is an uplifting movie that has been mostly dismissed as another one of those “preachy” Christian films. … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Five Feet Apart RATING: PG-13 LENGTH: 2 hours Movie Review Mom GRADE: B- IN A NUTSHELL: She has Cystic Fibrosis. So does he. That’s why they have to stay six feet apart. What if they’re Five Feet … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse RATING: PG LENGTH: 1 hour 57 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: A TIPS FOR PARENTS: It’s so great to have a PG movie we can take our kids to! Lots … Continued
MOVIE TITLE: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms RATING: PG LENGTH: 99 minutes Movie Review Mom GRADE: C+ TIPS FOR PARENTS: Young children may be confused by the plot. This is yet another Disney princess movie … Continued
Movie Title: Eighth Grade NOW ON DVD and Streaming You can purchase a copy of Eighth Grade here! Grade: A- Rating: R, 94 minutes In a … Continued
Movie Title: Searching Grade: A- Rating: PG-13, 101 minutes In a Nutshell: This is every parent’s nightmare. I remember when my two sons were very little and they ran off in different directions in a grocery store. The panic … Continued
Movie Title: The Darkest Minds Grade: C+ Rating: PG-13, 105 minutes In a Nutshell: Yep, another teenage dystopian adaptation of a book into a movie. This time, there is an X-Men type of twist and the fighting spirit … Continued
Movie Title: Midnight Sun Grade: C Rating: PG-13 In a Nutshell: Typical teen romance. It feels like a Steven Green novel … Continued
