10 best children’s films of 2019

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• 1. Maleficent: Lady of Darkness
• 2. Addams Family: Halloween
• 3. Everest
• 4. Camouflage and espionage
• 5. Disneynature Penguins
• 6. Way home
• 7. Born to become king
• 8. How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World
• 9. Dumbo
• 10. The Lion King

In addition to the good old classics, many interesting novelties for kids, schoolchildren and teenagers regularly appear in movie theaters. In 2019, remakes of popular foreign cartoons of the 90s and 00s and new fascinating stories from Disney Studios were released. These are exciting adventure tapes and good stories for the whole family..

1. Maleficent: Lady of Darkness

One of the most anticipated, and after the release, popular films of 2019 from Disney. If the first part was an almost classic retelling of Sleeping Beauty, the second has already become an independent story. The plot is based on the wedding of Princess Aurora, a conflict of people with magical creatures, which followed the news of the upcoming marriage.

The plot is simple, not new, but the story is developing dynamically, which captures children’s and adult attention..

Here, Maleficent herself was revealed with her past, unexpectedly told about the reason for the princess’s enchanted dream. Thanks to this, “The Lady of Darkness” turned out to be more dynamic, more interesting than the first part. Due to the abundance of action and battle scenes, this film is more likely for teenagers than for children, but its official age rating is 6+.

2. Addams Family: Halloween

The story, which was born as a parody of American values, has gained worldwide recognition. In October 2019, a full-length cartoon from Universal Studios was released, perfectly conveying the atmosphere of history with specific graphics, music. The essence of the Addams family lies in a passion for evil, black humor, everything that is disgusting to ordinary people. Because of this atmosphere, the tape was rated 12+.

The plot of the cartoon is focused on the relationship of the Addams family with positive, cute residents of the American suburbs.

There is no serious conflict, but the idea of ​​accepting a person as he is is clearly traced. This base with a sauce from cool jokes, gloomy entourage of Halloween creates an interesting children’s movie.

3. Everest

The cartoon of the joint production of China and the USA turned out to be colorful, making you believe in magic. Rating films – 6+. The graphics, the atmosphere, it resembles a Toy Story. A little girl named Lou on the roof of the house meets a cute monster, similar to Yeti, a bigfoot. So begins their friendship and journey to Everest in order to return home a new friend who escaped from evil scientists.

Like all the best children’s films from DreamWorks, this tape received charismatic characters, a lot of good jokes, funny situations, a few touching moments. There is no exciting story here, but the idea of ​​family values, a warm atmosphere, great music put the film in the top three.

4. Camouflage and espionage

A bright children’s comedy with notable references to James Bond is released at the end of December 2019. It is designed for viewers over 6 years old. The plot revolves around super spy Lance, who is originally voiced by Will Smith. From him, the character was conveyed by rich facial expressions, incredible charisma. Complementing Lance’s frowning genius inventor Walter.

Classic Hollywood special effects and catchy graphics, the obligatory salvation of the world – the reasons for the high expectation of this cartoon.

Even if the story does not become a masterpiece, it will bring pleasure to many funny scenes between such dissimilar characters.

5. Disneynature Penguins

An educational film for the whole family that will appeal to children of all ages. In the center of the plot is the penguin Steve, who lives in the Arctic. With his relatives, he goes to look for a soul mate.

A small viewer watches how Steve learns love, finds a family, and a simple life happens between these important events.

Penguins fish, collect pebbles, flee from marine predators.

The film does not contain any special artistic special effects, cool characters, fairy tales. It is simple, comfortable, but it looks easy, lasts only 76 minutes. “Disneynature Penguins” is a great way to introduce kids to the wildlife world, to appreciate the beautiful landscapes of the Arctic.

6. Way home

A family film that adults and children love, it tells of a strong bond between a dog nicknamed Bella and her owner. She does not withstand a long separation, decides to cover hundreds of kilometers to be at home.

Traveling, as it should be in such films, is accompanied by adventures, funny situations.

The finale is necessarily touching, causing a bright smile.

Thanks to the good graphics, Bella’s pleasant voiceover, and the charm of the dog itself, it turned out to be a beautiful, kind story of strong love between a man and his four-legged friend. It can be seen that the movie is designed for a children’s audience: even in animal fighting scenes there is no excessive cruelty.

7. Born to become king

A good adventure film for preschoolers and children 10-12 years old is based on the legend of King Arthur. His role is to be played by a boy who is deprived of courage, self-confidence, and any talents. He takes out the legendary sword Excalibur from the stone to fight with Morgana, experience the ups, downs, find out the value of friendship.

Teen movie is unlikely to carry away.

Characters are either completely good or very bad, serious intrigue, there is no tension in the plot, the ending is predictable.

Pluses – a vivid picture, good humor, the atmosphere of a terrible, but kind fairy tale. Cinema is designed for children who like to see miracles in the scenery of a familiar reality, and the hero in a child as simple as themselves.

8. How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World

The final part of the franchise for family viewing with children over 6 years old puts an end to the whole story. Ikking became the main island, created his own family, Toothless also meets a couple – he is not the only fury.

The plot is complete without a villain who will have to be defeated, but the ending will be good.

There is no other way in such a story, it is too light, warm.

The children’s film included many funny scenes with good humor, touching moments, but there was a place for serious questions. Together with Icking, the child not only once again learns true friendship, but also understands how important it is to make difficult decisions for the benefit of loved ones. All this, together with the emotional atmosphere, made How to Train Your Dragon one of the most worthy modern cartoons with an original plot..

9. Dumbo

The best children’s films from the Disney film company about animals, this theory is confirmed by the remake of the 1941 cartoon. The story of a small elephant with huge ears giving him the ability to fly, conquered the whole world. In Dumbo 2019, the focus from director Tim Burton went to circus workers. The plot is based not on the elephant’s feelings, but on the struggle of conscience and greed, family relations, the choice of one’s path that contradicts the masses.

Disney made a fascinating movie for children from 6 years old, their parents, making you believe in a miracle.

The difference from other Tim Burton films – “Dumbo” turned out to be bright, and the cast in the faces of Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton made this picture a new masterpiece.

10. The Lion King

In one of the kindest, most touching children’s cartoons of the 90s in 2019, a remake was made in the movie format, only the novelty did not find the popularity of the original. She repeats the cartoon frame by frame, the script has not changed. The picture came out bright, the graphics were very realistic, the transitions from reality to computer animation are not visible to the eye. The lack of the new “Lion King” is only in the lack of emotions, charisma, because the animal faces do not express anything.

If you look at it as an independent movie, you get a good adventure film for children over 6 years old and adults.

There are many dramatic scenes, a moral burden, which is perceived differently depending on age. The film was left with the original music of Hans Zimmer, the song, so adults will experience pleasant nostalgia from the opening scene.