The Perfect Family Comedy Movies to bond over the weekend
Open Season (2006)
Dir: Roger Allers, Jill Culton
Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Martin Lawrence, Debra Messing
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Dir: Stephen Herek
Stars: Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith
A self-centered lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
Beethoven (1992)
Dir: Brian Levant
Stars: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones
A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but its veterinarian secretly wants to kill him.
The Game Plan (2007)
Dir: Andy Fickman
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Pettis
An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Dir: Adam Shankman
Stars: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox
A hotel handyman’s life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Dir: Stephen Herek
Stars: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion.
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Dir: Tommy O’Haver
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes
Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she’s falling.