“Eewwww!”
When you hear that noise, there’s a good chance your child just saw someone kissing. Kids don’t like kissing – not when their parents do it, not when Aunt Helen comes to visit, and definitely not between two actors on a big screen. Until they do. When exactly is the moment when a girl goes from kissing disgust to kissing envy?
I was no girly girl growing up but I remember the movie that swept my heart into the possibilities of love: Somewhere in Time. Today I recognize it is a solid two-star movie but back then the heavy-handed Rachmaninoff score, the lack of explanation, and the fact that this was a love story about grown-ups didn’t matter to me. I watched this romance over and over on HBO, my tweenage self fully getting the message that love is so powerful, it can transport you through TIME!
The over-the-top romantic clichés in the trailer for Winter’s Tale gave me a quiver of hope that maybe this time-bending romance could be a similar touchstone for my daughter, Riley. While the movie deals more with purpose, destiny and demons, it is chock-full of swoon-worthy dialogue. Ultimately, my seventh grader flung her hands over her eyes during the steamy parts and deemed it “weird”-- so maybe this isn’t her romance.
She’ll find her own, but let’s hear from you: What was the first movie you fell in love with?
Here are three movies to see with your kids this weekend:
Everything is awesome. For all ages. For real.
Teen girls will love the quick wit of royal vampire protector Rose Hathaway. Parents will not love Rose’s jacked-up cleavage, foul mouth or, shall we say, “easiness.”
As my 12-year-old daughter says, "Frozen is the new thing. Everyone just wants to sing the songs." Here is your chance to do so with Elsa, Anna and Olaf.
Read Riley’s review of Winter’s Tale and kid reviews of the other new releases at KidsPickFlicks.com, where all kids are movie critics.
