Family

Disney's animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel, starring Jim Carrey.
Date reviewed: 6th November 2009

Tim Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's classic story, featuring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska.
Date reviewed: 5th March 2010

Animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli, based on the British children's book The Borrowers.
Date reviewed: 29th July 2011

Mark Kermode delivers his verdict on Beverly Hills Chihuahua, featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Date reviewed: 16th January 2009

Disney's first purpose-built 3D animation, by Toy Story director John Lasseter.
Date reviewed: 6th February 2009

Pixar's animated sequel featuring star race car Lightning McQueen and his friends.
Date reviewed: 22nd July 2011

Quirky, trippy animation based on the children's book of the same name.
Date reviewed: 18th September 2009

Mark Kermode reviews the Henry Selick 3D animation based on the Neil Gaiman fantasy/horror novella.
Date reviewed: 8th May 2009

Mark thinks Despicable Me is a turning point for the future of 3D. But which way will it go?
Date reviewed: 15th October 2010

The wise-cracking "wimpy kid" returns for a sequel.
Date reviewed: 27th May 2011

Is pink a colour or a state of mind? Mark Kermode ponders the simple philosophy of Hannah Montana.
Date reviewed: 1st May 2009

Sixth instalment of the Harry Potter series featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
Date reviewed: 17th July 2009

Mark reviews the first instalment of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, a film which casts the child-wizard's life into adult times.
Date reviewed: 19th November 2010

Third instalment from Disney's popular High School Musical series, featuring Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron.
Date reviewed: 24th October 2008


British film based on the fictional children's characters and starring Angelica Huston and Richard E Grant.
Date reviewed: 29th July 2011

Mark Kermode loves this animation comedy about a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons.
Date reviewed: 2nd April 2010

Animated tale of an ambitious hunchback, featuring the voices of Myleene Klass, John Cusack and Robin Walsh.
Date reviewed: 17th October 2008

Family comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Thomas Haden Church.
Date reviewed: 14th August 2009

Mark Kermode thinks the Jonas Brothers' 3D Concert Experience is a great film for kids, give or take a few mixed metaphors.
Date reviewed: 29th May 2009

Adventure based on the Jules Verne novel and starring Brendan Fraser.
Date reviewed: 11th July 2008

Mark thinks impressive CGI and a booming soundtrack can't fix the broken wings of The Owls of Ga'Hoole.
Date reviewed: 22nd October 2010

Mark Kermode reviews The Lorax. A new CGI animation based on the story by Dr Suess, featuring the voices of Zac Efron and Danny DeVito.
Date reviewed: 26th July 2012


Eddie Murphy's family comedy about on a human controlled by miniature aliens.
Date reviewed: 15th July 2008

Animation about a team of monsters sent in by the US government to defeat an alien mastermind.
Date reviewed: 3rd April 2009

Mark Kermode reviews Emma Thompson's performance in the second Nanny McPhee film, for which she wrote the screenplay and which also stars Ralph Fiennes and Ewan McGregor.
Date reviewed: 26th March 2010

Mark Kermode reviews the lucrative sequel featuring Steve Coogan, who is in the studio. Is it as good as the sum of its parts?
Date reviewed: 22nd May 2009

Mark Kermode reviews The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists!, Aardman's new claymation adventure.
Date reviewed: 30th March 2012

Hayao Miyazaki's story of the friendship between a fish and a young boy.
Date reviewed: 12th February 2010

Disney animation based on the story of The Frog Princess and voiced by Anika Noni Rose and Oprah Winfrey.
Date reviewed: 29th January 2010

Family adventure from Robert Rodriguez and starring William H Macy.
Date reviewed: 21st August 2009

Mark thinks that the Shrek franchise, which was so original and fun at the start, has become tired and weary.
Date reviewed: 3rd July 2010

Mark takes a look at the digimated re-telling of the Rapunzel fairy tale.
Date reviewed: 28th January 2011

Mark is rather confused about the plot of this animated offering but rather enjoys what he sees.
Date reviewed: 8th October 2010

Disney tale of a waste collecting robot, featuring the voices of Sigourney Weaver and Ben Burtt.
Date reviewed: 15th July 2008

Spike Jonze's adaptation of the hugely-popular children's book by Maurice Sendak.
Date reviewed: 11th December 2009

Comedy starring Kevin James as a zookeeper who finds himself taking romantic advice from animals.
Date reviewed: 29th July 2011
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