2003 Movies : Family

With Joaquin Phoenix • D.B. Sweeney • Michael Clarke Duncan • Rick Moranis • Aaron Blaise • Jeremy Suarez • Dave Thomas • Jason Raize • Bob Walker

In a tiny village, when the Earth was young and ice still covered the land, a headstrong teenager, Kenai, has an issue with bears. And why not -- the bears compete for the same food and land, loot his village, and ruin his coming of age ceremony. When his oldest brother is lost in a perilous battle with a ferocious grizzly, Kenai ignores the village teachings of brotherhood, choosing instead to track down the bear and satisfy his thirst for vengeance. Kenai, voiced by Joaquin Phoenix, is changed into a bear by the Great Spirits, forcing him to examine the world through the eyes of his enemy. In his quest to regain his human form, Kenai enlists the help of an adorable, talkative and sometimes-pesky bear cub named Koda. Their journey propels them across the northern territory, through glacial caverns, frosty tundra, a valley of fire and treacherous gorges. Over the course of the journey with Koda, Kenai is forced to question everything he knows and learns many important lessons about the true meaning of brotherhood. Ultimately, he realizes that his physical transformation from a man to a bear is insignificant compared to the change that has occurred within him.

With Will Ferrell • Jon Favreau • James Caan • Todd Komarnicki • Zooey Deschanel • Ed Asner • Mary Steenburgen • Shauna Robertson • Jon Berg • Bob Newhart • David Berenbaum

Many years ago, a playful toddler accidentally ended up in one of Santa's bags of presents, and got whisked away to the North Pole, where he would live out his entire childhood. One of Santa's elves adopted the child, named Buddy, and raised it among the tight-knit community of elves, who live up North with Santa, making toys year-round. Now a tall, fully grown man, Buddy and his distinctly non-elfishness, regularly causes havoc in Santa's workshop. He is unable to fully fit in with the other elves, and becomes forlorn. This inspires Buddy's adopted elf father to suggest to his human son that it's time for him to travel out into the world of men, and try to find his biological father and family back in New York City. However, it maybe just as hard for Buddy to fit into this new world, as he's only existed with other elves around him, and is not quite used to the ways of humans--especially urbanites.

With Brendan Fraser • Matthew Lillard • Joe Dante • Joan Cusack • Glenn Ficarra • Chris deFaria • Heather Locklear • Jenna Elfman • Bill Goldberg • Timothy Dalton • Roger Corman • Joel Simon • Larry Doyle

Set in a live-action world in which Warner Bros.' beloved assortment of irreverent animated entertainers interact with human characters for maximum comic effect, the story unfolds on the Studio backlot and careens all over the map in time-honored Looney Tunes style. Our celluloid heroes embark on a hilarious adventure that takes them from Hollywood to Las Vegas, Paris and the jungles of Africa in search of Fraser's character's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey Diamond.

With Dakota Fanning • Alec Baldwin • Mike Myers • Brian Grazer • Paris Hilton • Spencer Breslin • Lawrence Quinn • Sean Hayes • Bo Welch • Kelly Preston • Paige Hurd • Jeff Schaffer • Alec Berg

Mike Myers stars in the title role of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, the film adaptation of the beloved literary classic. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1957, and remains one of the top ten best-selling hardcover children's books of all time. The mischievous feline visitor in the striped stove-pipe hat makes his big screen debut with this live-action production, which will bring the off-kilter Dr. Seuss characters - as well as some new ones created especially for the film - to life on the big screen.

With Eddie Murphy • Jennifer Tilly • Terence Stamp • Marsha Thomason • Rob Minkoff • Nathaniel Parker

When a man (Eddie Murphy) and his family encounter a ghost while visiting a haunted house during a job interview, he learns the value of family, and the lesson that he should make sure he never neglects them. Based upon the popular Disney theme park attraction.

With Shawn Levy • Ashton Kutcher • Hilary Duff • Bonnie Hunt • Alan Ruck • Liliana Mumy • Chris Columbus • Morgan York • Piper Perabo • Michael Barnathan • Richard Jenkins • Tom Welling • Blake Woodruff • Jacob Smith • Vanessa Bell Calloway • Robert Simonds • Craig Titley • Steve Martin • Kevin Schmidt • Brent Kinsman • Shane Kinsman • Alyson Stoner • Paula Marshall • Steven Anthony Lawrence • Amy Hill • Ben Myron • Sam Harper • Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. • Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

When Tom Baker (Steve Martin) gets a job offer to coach football at Northwestern University in Chicago, he and his wife, Mary, move to the big city, which is a big change for them and their 12 children, who range from preschool-age twins Kyle and Nigel all the way up to 22-year-old Anne who has already left home. With the recent publication of her long-in-the-works book, Mary feels demands outside the home taking away as much time as Tom's new job does, so the two are forced to try to find new ways of parenting their massive tribe, but they find their parenting styles aren't always completely compatible...

With Amy Pascal • Jason Isaacs • Jeremy Sumpter • Lucy Fisher • Olivia Williams • Douglas Wick • Richard Briers • Ludivine Sagnier • Rachel Hurd Wood • Harry Newell • Freddie Popplewell • Rupert Simoneon • P.J. Hogan • Patrick McCormick • Michael Goldenberg • J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan is the boy who won't age, who lives in Neverland with other ageless kids, the Lost Boys. Tinkerbelle, a fairy, gives three children: Wendy, John, and Michael Darling the ability to fly; and soon they're off to Neverland, where they're soon in battle with the evil Captain Hook and his band of pirates.