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Family Movie Night with The Journey Home on DVD {#Giveaway + $50 Visa Card}

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Jennifer here to share a fun family movie night idea. Samples & prizing were provided by RLJ Entertainment.

You might not know that over at 5 Minutes for Books in addition to reviewing books for adults and kids, we also review movies. It started off as a Books on Screen column for books that had been adapted into movies, but now we cover other movies as well, so we are featuring one in this column as well.

I love to watch movies with my kids. We go out to the theater on occasion, but honestly, our favorite tradition is to watch a movie at home with some takeout or frozen pizza, cozy on our couch. We sometimes run out of ideas, so when I was offered the opportunity to feature The Journey Home, I was excited because it sounded like the kind of movie that my 11-year-old son and I would enjoy. He was skeptical, not sure if it was “his kind of movie,” but he gave it a try.

The movie caught our interest right away.

Luke is a teenage boy whose mother travels for her research job and whose dad was killed. When he finds a baby polar bear in his garage, he brings it into his house, but then when scientists find the mother polar bear, they relocate her. The baby polar bear connects with Luke, and Luke decides he’s going to take him to his mother.

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This movie had it all. The ice and water and sky made for a beautiful backdrop. The baby polar bear could not be any cuter. The teenage boy has that adolescent cocktail of courage and fear that both kept him going and getting him into scrapes. But he and the bear are a good team, and they keep each other going. There were emotional scenes, funny sweet bits (seriously, we love that little bear!), and suspenseful moments.

My son can’t stop talking about this movie. I enjoyed it, but he loved it. He describes it as the saddest movie ever (and don’t worry, the animals survive), but also cute and funny. He teared up a few times, and when we were discussing his reaction, he said that he doesn’t usually like sad movies, but this one was the best. I told him that it wasn’t really sad, but emotional. The tagline on the cover of the DVD is “the frozen adventure that will melt your heart,” and I have to agree.

It’s rated PG for some intensity and one use of a swear word.

Purchase your copy at Walmart on 10/6.

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  2. Thank You for the giveaway…our kids love “The Addams Family”, and “The Parent Trap” (both original & newer version).

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  29. We love watching anything Disney but also love watching movies such as Flicka together as a family.

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  68. A movie my family likes is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation! It is a favorite movie of mine…along with Home Alone! LOL! Gotta love all Christmas movies, really!

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  78. Of course Frozen was huge at our house, but we also really like Despicable Me and UP! Mommy loves Up the most 😉 Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  89. I found a vhs movie i had when my daughter was little called Seven Alone,,and the grandkids watched it and loved it

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  92. E.T. was a favorite of mine growing up. It was fun to watch it again with the kids and have them experience it for the first time. The girls love movies and anything with animals.

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  164. My family enjoys the Star War movies on DVD. This series makes for a fun movie night in our house 🙂

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