The Palm Beach Post
By Jonathan Tully   |  Children's movies, Family films, Movies  |  June 18, 2009

Eddie Murphy and Tara Shahidi star in 'Imagine That'. (Paramount Pictures)

Eddie Murphy and Tara Shahidi star in 'Imagine That'. (Paramount Pictures)

Movies are fun, no matter how old you are, but sometimes it can be tough to find something the whole family can watch. With the help of the folks at Kids In Mind, this is a look at the films in theaters now that are family friendly:

Imagine That: Eddie Murphy seems to always make time for the youngsters — he worked on Daddy Day Care after all — and this movie should appeal to people that treasure the connection between a father and his daughter. Murphy plays a hard-working businessman who doesn’t have time for his little girl (played by Tara Shahidi), but when she begins to somehow come up with tips that helps his career, he changes his behavior.

Kids In Mind gives Imagine That safe scores in all three criteria it uses: sex/nudity, violence/gore and profanity.

Up: Pixar’s latest centers around an older man, saddened by the loss of his wife, taking the adventure of a lifetime — with a young, unexpected guest tagging along.

Kids In Mind gives Up even safer scores than Imagine That.

Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian: The sequel to the successful Ben Stiller vehicle brings him back as the one-time security guard, now a successful inventor. He ventures to Washington’s famed museum to save the exhibits he grew fond of.

Kids In Mind gives the film mild scores in all three criteria.

Land of the Lost
: Surprisingly, this film that’s based on a popular kids’ series from the 1970s is basically not too kid-friendly, though the areas Kids In Mind point out indicate this could be a good movie for high-school aged kids.

Other movies that score in the “mid-range” for Kids In Mind include:
My Life In Ruins
Star Trek
Angels and Demons

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