Winning feels good, but character matters more. These seven family movies remind us that true success isn’t found in trophies, applause or coming out on top. They celebrate perseverance, humility, courage and doing what’s right, reflecting the biblical truth that God cares more about the heart than worldly success.
7 Family Movies That Put Character Ahead of the Trophy
CARS
CARS, Pixar and Disney's new computer-animated movie, is a feast for the eyes and the heart. In the story, hotshot rookie racecar, Lightning McQueen, has his sights on winning the Piston Cup in a three-way race between two rivals. A series of…
Read the Full Review →GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE is an animated adventure from Germany dubbed into English. A mouse named Edda lives in an amusement park and dreams of becoming a professional car racer in the Grand Prix like her idol Ed. Edda finally gets that…
Read the Full Review →TURBO
TURBO is a super-charged animated comedy, with loads of hi-octane fun, about a little garden snail with big dreams. Turbo the snail is obsessed with racecar driving. He wants to go fast like his heroes at the Indy 500. His brother, Chet,…
Read the Full Review →PLANES
PLANES is another animated movie set in the world of the Pixar movie CARS, where planes, cars, boats, and blimps live and occupy the earth. Dusty Crophopper is a small crop-dusting plane with dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. When…
Read the Full Review →MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY is the new animated family comedy from Pixar and Disney. The story follows our old friends, Mike and Sulley, as they meet for the first time while trying to become scarers at college. Sulley is the opposite of Mike. He’s…
Read the Full Review →CARS 3
CARS 3 opens with our hero, Lightning McQueen, finding it harder and harder to stay in the number one spot. Lightning McQueen is used to winning, but one day, a new car named Jackson Storm races and beats him. When this starts…
Read the Full Review →SURF’S UP
SURF’S UP is a well-made, entertaining, animated family movie featuring a small penguin named Cody who wants to be a star surfer like his hero Big Z. Mikey, a surfing talent scout, comes looking for competitors for the Big Z memorial surfing…
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