When a child turns ten years old, his parents always begin to encounter first impressions of their transitional age. He increasingly considers himself an adult, still still small, and with equal enthusiasm he can watch the three-hour highly intelligent sci-fi Interstellar and some Barboskins on the Carousel channel.
Let’s figure out how to watch a movie with a child of 10 years old, so that the whole family would be interested ...
Instead of the foreword
Almost any film, even an adult film, can become family. All children, like the Little Princes, live on some of their own planets and in fact, only occasionally visit their parents. Therefore, it is almost impossible to predict anything about taste preferences.
Of course, all children like to laugh. And the question, what kind of comedy movie can be watched by a family with children many times, you can no doubt answer - this is a picture of "Vacation".
Despite the 16+ age limit established by the distributors, this wonderful, kind and very funny film, dedicated to the history of an exemplary family man, his wife and their two sons traveling across the country, is a real family comedy, the main idea of which is the famous proverb "everyone is weak separately twig, the whole broom cannot be broken. "
In any case, children still remain children. At this age, they still need to associate themselves with some kind of hero whom they would like to be like. Let us begin a short review of Soviet and Russian films for viewing with children.
"Wounded"
The history of our country is filled with many tragic events, one of which was the Great Patriotic War.
The heroes of the drama "Wounded", released in 1976, are children of the post-war years, left orphans and brought up in a boarding school. The film itself was shot in the form of memories of a grown hero about his childhood. About the comrades who surrounded him. About the enemies who oppressed him. About the first love for a beautiful teacher, poetry and ... loneliness, into which, like a cage, he, a little boy, was forever imprisoned by the war and the death of his parents.
Among other things, the creators of this amazing drama through the image of Valka’s orphan managed to bring to the audience the tragic state of the souls of those children for whom the war has still not ended, and they do it even at the cost of their own lives ...
"Without family"
Another film worth watching with children is the musical tape “Without a Family,” which premiered in 1984.
This touching and very kind picture is based on the novel of the same name by Hector Malo, telling the story of an orphaned foundling Remy wandering around the world with a lonely circus actor and his trained animals. In the end, the child, having gone through all the hardships and having learned in his wandering life mercy, friendship, honesty and the need to support those people with whom fate faced him, found his family.
Despite its overall dramatic background, the film gives viewers a life-affirming sense of hope for a better future. In addition, it is filled with beautiful music and many wonderful songs that remain in the memory and souls of the audience for a long time.
"Kostya Nika. Summer Time"
Unlike the Soviet one, modern Russian cinema does not very often indulge its audience with films that are worth watching with children.
One of them is the melodramatic film "Kostya Nika. Summer Time", filmed on the novel by writer T. Kryukova and released in 2006. The events of the picture take place in a village near Moscow in the summer of 1995 and are dedicated to the real feeling that arose between the disabled girl Nika and the local high school student Kostya.
Nicky's mother died, and a wealthy artist-father is always busy with a new young wife. The girl lives in a luxurious house under the care of a strict governess, in fact, useless and lonely. The only person who could understand Nika and become the person closest to her was Kostya.
This deep, kind and piercing film was very fond of the audience and became the winner of many film festivals.
"Harry Potter"
The foreign part of the review of films worth watching with children is worth starting with the famous movie series about the adventures of the wizard boy Harry Potter, based on the novels of writer D.K. Rowling and consisting of as many as nine fantastically beautiful and exciting parts.
The plot of this legendary film, which has long become a modern classic of children's cinema, covers the years of the life of the orphan Harry, who lost his parents due to the evil will of the dark wizard Voldemort, who has great magical power. The painting teaches one to appreciate such important concepts as friendship, love and family, as well as the need to help each other in difficult times. A series of films about Harry Potter is intended for viewers of any age and is very suitable for family viewing, especially on long New Year holidays.
"The gods must have gone mad"
This cute, funny, naive, charming and simple, like the sounds of an African djembe drum, the picture occupies a completely separate place in the family movie series.
The film "Gods must have gone mad" in 1980, created by director Jamie Uys, who recruited non-professional actors for filming, with a meager budget conquered not only America, but also the audience of the whole world. At the same time, as it turned out, to conquer the world audience, Wuys only needed to show wild Africa living in its own laws to civilized society, add wonderful and uncomplicated humor and use the real Bushman of one of the tribes of Namibia to play the main role. From these simple and understandable components, one of the best and touching comedies of all time has been made, for almost forty years now making the audience laugh and cry at the same time.
The film "Gods must have gone mad" (1980) eight years later was continued, in which the main character, played by the real Bushman Nixau, continued his run through Botswana and the Kalahari desert. This time, following his two children, who accidentally drove off in a truck of white poachers.
Both parts of the film are the undisputed masterpieces of funny, bright and kind cinema, ideal for watching as a family.
"Star dust"
Beginning in a small English village, separated by a centuries-old wall from a parallel world ruled by magical and magical powers, the narration of the film "Stardust" in 2007 moves to the protagonist Tristan Thorne, who frivolously swears by her obstinate lover that will bring her a star that has fallen on another, the magical side of the wall. Moreover, this fallen star will ultimately turn out to be a pretty sweet and beautiful girl.
This picture, based on the novel of the same name by science fiction writer Neil Gaiman, from a rather watercolor book original by the forces of its creators turned into a rather tough and realistic story, filled with good and evil magicians and wizards, pirates, princes and many other heroes that are an indispensable attribute of fairy tales and fantasy.
In the film "Stardust" in 2007, in addition to young actors, movie stars such as Robert De Niro, who played the role of an impressive pirate, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who played the witch queen Lamia, were also involved.
Marley and Me
The film "Marley and Me", whose world premiere took place in December 2008, is based on the self-titled book of autobiographical memoirs of journalist John Grogan, which instantly became a world bestseller.
The plot of this story is quite simple. The young journalist, who was at the dawn of his career, married, and instead of starting to realize the logical and correct dreams of buying a house and children, he decided to start a dog, which turned out to be the most irregular and uncontrollable dog on the planet. One of the most beautiful and sad films of the last decades has been turned out of a seething whirlpool of funny events on the screen, masterfully performed by wonderful actors Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.
"Marley and Me" - from the category of those few paintings in which the audience laughs throughout the action, and in the end they start to cry ... He certainly belongs to the films that are worth watching with children, and teaches kindness, real family values and love for everything around us, including our younger brothers ...
"Real Steel"
One of the most striking and exciting family paintings of the last decade was released in 2011. Its plot is that in the near future, real boxing was banned. He was replaced by fights of boxers made of steel - three-meter gladiator robots led by people.
"Living Steel" easily answers the question of what an interesting movie to watch with a child. Indeed, what is happening on the screen is breathtaking even in an adult. Robot battles are shot so naturally and naturally that they seem documentary. During fights goosebumps run through the body, I want to jump and scream, chanting a victory, as if you are actually near the ring.
Another component of this wonderful film is also interesting - the relationship of the former boxer-father, whose role was played by the famous actor Hugh Jackman, and his eleven-year-old son, whose image was embodied on the screen by the young but experienced Dakota Goyo.
Living Steel is a true family movie worth watching with children.
"Miracle"
I want to end this short review with a completely unusual picture, which has recently been released.
After watching it, the soul remains as if you went to church and confessed. Such a bright and kind feeling. I want to live and enjoy, and this is quite important in today's difficult times.
The premiere of the family drama "Miracle" took place in November 2017. Its plot is to describe the life of the American Pulman couple, whose roles were played by Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. They have an older daughter, an ordinary girl. But with their youngest son Augustus, not everything is in order. He has no face ...
The film "Miracle" does not want to be retold. It needs to be watched. See, hear, feel, cry and rejoice. Together with his whole family ...