Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Ella Enchanted (2004)
- Dir. Tommy O’Haver
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes…
- Anne Hathaway (THE PRINCESS DIARIES) stars in this family fantasy as a princess who must travel to distant lands to offload her gift (curse) of…
Finding Neverland (2004)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie…
- Impressive journey into the private life of Edwardian 'Peter Pan'–creator JM Barrie (played by Depp), and the unique circumstances in which he…
Five Children and It (2004)
- Dir. John Stephenson
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Kenneth Branagh, Zoe Wanamaker…
- A fond adaptation of the E. Nesbit novel in which a group of children are befriended by a disenchanted green 'sand fairy' called 'It' (voiced by…
Fungus the Bogeyman (2004)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Martin Clunes, Fay Ripley
- An adventurous, if flawed adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book – in many ways a precursor to SHREK – where a typical British…
Garfield - The Movie (2004)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky
- 'Garfield the Cat' reaches the big–screen finally in fairly good shape, retaining the core of banal domestic mindtrips of Jim Davis' cartoons…
George and the Dragon (2004)
- Dir. Tom Reeve
Feat. James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Patrick Swayze…
- Broadly entertaining revision of a medieval legend about the search for a captive princess and dragon in old–world England.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane…
- Young Harry's troublesome education continues at Hogswarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry, in this increasingly confident series, here given a…
Home on the Range (2004)
- Dir. John Sanford, Will Finn
- A Disney Western–spoof, in which a herd of cows aim to track down a wily cattle rustler and forestall the closure of their 'Patch of Heaven'…
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Yet another miraculous animated odyssey from Hayao Miyazaki, who finds a perfect vehicle in the English fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, about a…
Incredibles, The (2004)
- Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Living up to its title, this stunner from Pixar studios sets the benchmark in children's entertainment yet again, while being their most…