By Movieguide® Contributor
There is something absolutely heart-warming about a story of new beginnings. People often go through seasons of encountering completely new circumstances in their lives. From Giselle’s family starting over in the suburbs in DISENCHANTED, to father and son defying all odds to rebuild their life in PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, we’ve gathered together our favorite powerful stories where characters embrace a fresh start.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS is the inspiring true-life story of Chris Gardner. Chris, played with brilliant passion by Will Smith, is a man struggling to make ends meet in the 1980s. One day, a chance encounter sets Chris in motion to change…
Read the Full Review →TANGLED is Disney’s comical animated version of the Rapunzel fairy tale. A wicked old hag steals the baby Rapunzel from the King and Queen because a magical flower created by a drop of sunlight gives Rapunzel’s hair a glow that can heal…
Read the Full Review →FACING THE GIANTS is an entertaining high school football movie with a strong evangelistic thrust. Coach Grant at Shiloh Christian Academy has reached the low point in his life. The football team keeps losing year after year, his car keeps stalling, his…
Read the Full Review →DISENCHANTED is a sequel on Disney Plus to the 2007 theatrical movie ENCHANTED. Fifteen years later, Giselle and Robert have a new baby and an angsty teenager, Morgan. Giselle is no longer happy in Manhattan. She believes her family will find happiness…
Read the Full Review →Based on a true story, FREEDOM WRITERS stars Hillary Swank as Erin Gruwell, a young teacher who accepts a position teaching freshman and sophomore English at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Gruwell has trouble relating to her mixed…
Read the Full Review →UNSUNG HERO is a true story about a Christian family from Australia’s struggles to survive and thrive in the rough and tumble music business while trying to serve God. When the father, David Smallbone, loses big on promoting an unsuccessful tour, he…
Read the Full Review →DESPICABLE ME 4 opens with Gru and three minions traveling to Gru’s old School of Villainy to capture Maxime Le Mal. With help from the Anti-Villain League, Gru captures Maxime, who’s transformed himself into a human-sized cockroach with superpowers. However, Maxime escapes…
Read the Full Review →YOU GOTTA BELIEVE is a sports drama based on the inspiring true story of a Little League team from Dallas, Texas who defy the odds. The movie tells the team’s journey through the eyes of Robert, the first baseman, whose father, Bobby,…
Read the Full Review →INSIDE OUT 2 is a sequel to the acclaimed 2015 animated comedy. Riley, the young girl of the first movie, turns 13 and starts having teenage angst. She longs to join the champion varsity girls high school hockey team. However, new, unruly…
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