Two recent movies for the family are Dolphin Tale and Real Steel. sBoth deal with the mother/son or father /son dilema when children are distanced by their parents whether physically or emotionally. Dolphin Tale has a sweet mother/son story where son, Sawyer, feels alienated and lonely. He finds an injured dolphin whose tail must be amputated after being caught in a crab trap. Based on a true story; the boy is instrumental in getting a doctor, who creates prosthetics for injured vets, to successfully design a prosthetic tail for the dolphin so she can swim again. In the process, he helps his wounded cousin, just back from Iraq, and keeps the marine rehab center from closing. It's a tear jerker so take your tissues.
On the other hand, Real Steel is text book movie fare. Father abandons son, and has him dumped on him when the mom dies. Of course Max,(son) is resentful of dad, Charlie, (played by Hugh Jackman)who wins back his son by teaching him about robot boxing. The storyline is not that great and you will find it more interesting counting the number of product placements in the movie. The only thing that kept me guessing about this movie was why are people still riding around in cars running on fossil fuel 20+ years into the future? Save your gas and money on this one.
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