Film · Prime Video · 2006

Curious George

Curiosity without malice. A children's film that likes the man and the animal.

George gets into trouble because he is curious, not because he is mean. Ted is responsible for him and does not abandon him when the apartment and the museum get harder. The museum matters, a public room of wonders, and the film would rather save it than sell it. That is a quiet good.

Gentle. A small child can watch it and want to look at things, which is the right want.

The eight

Industry
6/10
A museum man with a job. Curiosity is George's work.
Household
6/10
Ted becomes the one who answers for the monkey.
Piety
3/10
Wonder in a museum.
Courage
5/10
He tells the truth and keeps the monkey.
Republic
6/10
A public museum against a sale.
Temperance
7/10
Trouble is not cruelty.
Truth
7/10
The museum's worth is not a lie.
Stewardship
7/10
He takes responsibility for a creature he brought into the city.

Live historicallyLet a child touch the exhibit. Stay close enough to catch the vase.

Film · Prime Video · 2004

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

Two girls, one duty. Better than the poster. Still a doll's film.

The pauper works. The princess is being sold into a marriage to save a bankrupt court. The film treats that sale as wrong and the work as honorable, which is more than most pink posters manage. They help each other. The poor girl is not a moral lesson the rich girl consumes.

The songs are candy and the ending is a double wedding. Fine for a child who wants a dress and a plot. Say out loud that a real household is not saved by a secret twin. It is saved by the work the pauper already knew how to do.

The eight

Industry
7/10
Sewing, accounts, a kingdom in debt. Work is not the enemy.
Household
6/10
Marriage is the threat and then the reward. The threat is the interesting part.
Piety
3/10
No piety. A fairy-tale providence.
Courage
6/10
Each girl takes the other's risk.
Republic
6/10
A bankrupt realm is a political fact, not just a ballroom.
Temperance
6/10
Greed is the villain's, and it is ugly.
Truth
7/10
The switch reveals character. It does not reward a fraud.
Stewardship
6/10
A child can leave knowing a dress is not a job.

Live historicallyShow a daughter one job a princess in a real house actually does.