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What to Watch: Uplifting Animated Adventures for the Whole Family

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Looking for an uplifting animated adventure to watch with the whole family? Check out these seven movies, including the high-flying UP and the super-powered PAW PATROL, that are guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and shout for joy! These titles are the perfect pick-me-ups that are guaranteed to lift your spirits. So, sit back, relax, and go on a grand adventure from your couch! 

1

THE WILD ROBOT

Family Animated/Science Fiction · PG

THE WILD ROBOT is an incredibly heartfelt, entertaining, humorous animated story. An intelligent robot nicknamed Roz is stranded on an isolated, uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the animals. She also must take care of an orphaned baby…

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2

PADDINGTON IN PERU

Family Comedy/Fantasy · PG

In PADDINGTON IN PERU, Paddington’s Aunt Lucy goes missing from her Peruvian Home for Retired Bears, run by nuns. Paddington enlists the whole Brown family to help him find her. Paddington hires boat Captain Cabot to take them on a river in…

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3

PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE

Family Animated/Action Adventure · PG

PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE follows the adventures of the PAW Patrol pups in this sequel to PAW PATROL: MOVIE. The team of dogs is keeping Adventure City safe when a mysterious meteor crashes. Inside the meteor are crystals that give each…

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4

UP

Family Comedy/Adventure · PG

UP, the fun-filled, exciting animated feature from Pixar and Disney, is about 78-year-old Carl, who decides to fulfill his wife’s lifelong dream to go to Paradise Falls in the remote Venezuelan jungle plateau when the government wants him to vacate his home.…

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5

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023)

Family Animated/Action Adventure · PG

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023) is a new movie based on the iconic Nintendo video game about brothers Mario and Luigi, two plumbers from Brooklyn, New York. After Mario and Luigi find a green pipe in the sewers, they are transported…

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6

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

Family Animated/Comedy · PG

In the animated movie PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, Puss in Boots realizes he’s on his last life and needs to find the Last Wish star to ask for more lives. However, Puss isn’t the only one searching for the Last…

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7

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

Family Fantasy/Comedy · PG

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is a comical fantasy for all audiences. Harold lives in the pages of a book. He wonders where he came from as he grows older. The narrator tells Harold that he created him. The narrator says he…

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