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when I was a kid, The Dark crystal was AWESOME. I actually bought it on DVD last eyar, and its still sweet. Great fantasy.

Though, Devil's Rejects wasnt a bad suggestion....

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My Girl

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spongebob squarepants...although utah and i laughed more than anyone else in the theater

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I second this. Spongebob was funny, especially when they ride the Hoff.

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OK, thanks for all the replies, but they're not really what I had in mind. Spongebob Squarepants, Shrek, The Emperor's New Groove etc are all made for kids (although as the cliche goes - adults enjoy them too). What I'm after is movies made for adults, but which children would watch. Once again '4 Weddings...' was great because it could be referenced in later conversations & introduced them to a number of adult concepts that were unknown to them (plus it had Mr. Bean [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). Even though they didn't sit all the way through 'Castaway' they could relate to ideas like loneliness & survival, and it cropped up a number of times when we were on a vacation on a very similar looking beach on Phuket.

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OK, thanks for all the replies, but they're not really what I had in mind. Spongebob Squarepants, Shrek, The Emperor's New Groove etc are all made for kids (although as the cliche goes - adults enjoy them too). What I'm after is movies made for adults, but which children would watch. Once again '4 Weddings...' was great because it could be referenced in later conversations & introduced them to a number of adult concepts that were unknown to them (plus it had Mr. Bean ). Even though they didn't sit all the way through 'Castaway' they could relate to ideas like loneliness & survival, and it cropped up a number of times when we were on a vacation on a very similar looking beach on Phuket.


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My head is beginning to ache. And I believe it is Aladdin.

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Two little girls?

Spirited Away is your #1 choice. A little girl is the main character. And it's a truly great movie.
All the other Miyazaki stuff.
Old Yeller.
Beauty and the Beast -- the original one in the 30s. Very magical and beautiful. I'm not sure if you can get it with voice-over instead of subtitles, though.
The Red Balloon.
King Kong
The Iron Giant
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad(I think that's the name -- old stop-motion Ray Harryhausen special effects, very fun)
Robin Hood, the original one
Frankenstein(original one, it's not scary, Franky is pretty lovable really)

All this stuff is decent to great for adults too.

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Babe is solid.

Just about any Pixar movie. I particularly recommend the first Toy Story and Monsters, Inc.

Here's yet another vote for Iron Giant.

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I had a very different experience. When I re-watched the Dark Crystal, I was very disappointed by the weak story. Blame CGI that the movie no longer looks "cool".