The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies

by Nell Minow

Book Overview

A parent's guide to movies on video appropriate for children aged two to eighteen reviews more than five hundred movies for families, including plot descriptions and the issues they explore. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038078839X
• ISBN13: 9780380788392
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Quill
• Length: 689 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

It reminded me of movies I have wanted my kids to see.

This has been a great time consuming tool for me and my children. Many times I have racked my brain for a GREAT movie to watch with my kids on a Friday night or an appropriete babysitting movie with little success. This has saved time and arguing with my kids. If the book says its okay they can watch it then they can watch it.

Fantastic resource for parents!

Wonderful collection of commentaries and suggestions for selecting videos for those rainy days with the kids. I used a highlighter to mark the movies we should get, but most of the book ended up highlighted!

Must-have guide for your kids !

This is a must-must have guide for your kids and you (you can save a lot of time in video store). I am not sure why it took so long for us to have this kind of book. I have three complaints, for which the author should correct in its future edition: (1) The title shouldn't be "Mom's guide". It should be either "Dad's Guide" ( :-) ) or "Parents' Guide". If she doesn't fix it, I am pretty sure that someone will come up with a better book with the title of "Dad's Guide ..."(2) I am not sure whether the author really tested the movies for the age groups. I think that she guess-timated age groups for the movies. I find some of them are not really appropriate. For example, My Fair Lady is rated for kids 6yr or higher. But even my 10yr old daughter, who had great verbal skill in her age group had hard time in understanding the movie and eventually got bored. I hope that authors correct age groups appropriately. (3) "Questions to ask", and "Activities" areinvaluable addition to the book. Unfortunately, these are missing in many movie descriptions.

Instantly, an indispensable guide!

This guide to family movies is a tour de force by a loving parent who also loves movies. Anyone who has sought advice through the net from Movie Mom should buy a copy of this book. Anyone who has not sought such advice should also buy it. Indeed, anyone who loves both children and movies should buy copies for the whole neighborhood. This is not just a guide; the quality of Nell Minow's writing makes it a page turner as well as THE definitive guide for family movies.So nuke some popcorn, and get ready for a very satisfying read!

Superb.

As a parent of two young girls, all I can say is, "Finally!" I have found this book to be a wonderful resource -- I only wish it had been published sooner. Ms. Minow's descriptions of the movies provide invaluable guidance when determining what movies are appropriate for my children to see. I especially appreciate her warnings about violent or scary scenes. Her reviews clearly reflect her perspective as a parent and not merely her impressions of the movies.