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The Book of Life (2014)
Really funny movie
Saw the movie as part a screening tonight with my sister, her friend, and my daughter (age 12). We all really enjoyed the movie. I laughed a lot and teared up a few times. Song choices were so funny sometimes. If you're like me and in your thirties, you will definitely recognize several of the song choices. When certain ones popped up (no names, as I don't want to spoil anything), the parents all started laughing so hard. My daughter enjoyed the movie so much that she wanted to go and see it again. It had some pretty good life lessons sprinkled in throughout the humor and songs. If your child is pretty young, there may be parts of the movie that scare them just a bit (it is a movie about the dead, after all) and a couple jokes that are aimed more at adults. I highly recommend this movie.
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Terrible movie
I went and saw this movie even after hearing bad reviews. I've always been a huge Dr. Seuss fan. However, they left out two HUGE parts of the movie. The first thing being is that the Cat does not rhyme. Secondly, they leave out the songs that made the cartoon what it was. Dr. Seuss was very involved in the making of the cartoon. He helped with the expanded version of his story, the songs, etc. Why couldn't this have been incorporated into the movie?
The Cat in the Hat is not the same without "he's a cat in a hat, he's a chat en le chapeau..." and "thing one and thing two, thing two and thing one, they can do anything, anything, anything under the sun..."