klmama Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 What suggestions do you have? I need a movie that's funny, clean - no foul language, no s*xual situations, no violence - and something an adult woman would enjoy. Also, no spirits, reincarnation, or anything like that. I'm looking for a very light movie. So far, all I can think of is Mom's Night Out (assuming I'm not wrong about it?). What else can you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Have you ever seen Chicken Run? We've showed it to many, many people and it's been loved. I guess there is a little violence in that the farmers kill and eat one chicken (off screen and claymation anyway), but other than that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 The Man Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain. I'm pretty sure it's clean, but there might be an implied sleepover. Very cute and heartwarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Home Alabama Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I had Mom's Night Out in mind as I hovered over your title and read the first few words... The other one my family LOVES is Love Comes Softly. I would not say it is funny in the same sense as MNO, but it is very wholesome. It is about a young couple in the early 1800s? who travel by horse and buggy to start a new life together on the western frontier. The only "violence" is the young husband falls from his horse and dies. You don't see that happen, but you do see him when he is found. The rest of the story is how the young wife finds her place in a very unfamiliar place without her husband. It has a WONDERFUL ending, and the entire movie is very,very well done. There is a chance that this movie is more emotional than you want, so maybe preview? It does have funny parts for sure, but it is more of a drama- not a comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecropia Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Singin' In the Rain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Napoleon Dynamite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Decoy Bride on Netflix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Mary Poppins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebridge Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I started to think of old classics like Singin’ in the Rain (as mentioned above), Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, Easter Parade, and Inspector General. I haven’t seen those movies in ages so I can’t remember if they have anything too racy or violent. Auntie Mame is a great one for Christmas time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball...there is sexual content only in the sense that one of the teen daughters is being pressured by her boyfriend to have sex (nothing graphic or violent...just trying to convince her) and the father explains why she shouldn't put up with that. LOVE that movie. The Parent Trap (original...I've never seen the remake) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Do you get the Hallmark channel? Those movies are clean. The Christmas Train is a new one this year and it's got some humor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 old movies. I love the philadelphia story - for it's witty repartee. (cary grant, katharine hepburn, jimmy stewart) support your local sheriff. (a couple bad guys get shot, but they are fast scenes and absolutely no gore.) it's a satire on westerns bringing up baby - baby is a leopard we're no angels (christmas) - humphrey bogart, peter ustinov. and adolph =D - he's a poisonous snake. you never see him, they only talk about him. how to steal a million. peter o'toole, audrey hepburn how to marry a millionaire. ~~~ if you're looking for christmas the nine lives of christmas is on something- and is very cute. and cats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the the scenes of the child kidnapper scared me every time when I was a child. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 High Society It Happened One Night Maybe 'O Pioneers' but it's not so funny. Charming, though. Yours, Mine, and Ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleynne Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 How about The Parent Trap with Haley Mills or Westward the Women? My grandmother loves both of these so I've seen them so. many. times. However, they are still funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Yours, Mine, and Ours with Lucille Ball...there is sexual content only in the sense that one of the teen daughters is being pressured by her boyfriend to have sex (nothing graphic or violent...just trying to convince her) and the father explains why she shouldn't put up with that. LOVE that movie. The Parent Trap (original...I've never seen the remake) the remake has its moments - and I like it. I grew up with the original. has a suggestive (nothing more) brief moment or two. I think I may like the remake of sabrina more than the original (but I hate the remake of the philadelphia story with grace kelly and bing crosby. - and I can never remember what they called it.)._ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 the the scenes of the child kidnapper scared me every time when I was a child. That is a scary movie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywards Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Sister Act Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busymama7 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 If an a man answers Id rather be rich Both with Sandra dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Father of the Bride Father of the Bride 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Sister Act Great movie, but not if you're avoiding violence. She's running away from the mob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Searching for Bobby Fischer, thought provoking, not funny Hugo is a bit sad in places, IMHO Bringing Up Baby is hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 The Out-of-Towners (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) I think it's a very funny movie. There aren't graphic violent scenes, but they get mugged, later the husband gets punched by mistake by some would-be Good Samaritans, and at one point they're in the middle of an anti-Cuban protest/riot. But it really is a comedy. I haven't seen the remake with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Napoleon Dynamite? I was going to say that one. The people who love it, adore it, but there are a few people for whom the humor doesn't click. I love it. I believe the film makers were Mormon and didn't want anything that wasn't clean in there. Which is surprising, being that it's put out by MTV. When someone first showed it to me, I braced myself when I saw the MTV logo at the beginning. But it's clean and funny throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I have always loved 'The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer' and 'Monkey Business'. They're both Cary Grant movies and are just pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Father of the Bride Father of the Bride 2 Those are gems along with "Cheaper by the Dozen" and its sequel of which I can never remember the name. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Troop Beverly Hills!Swearing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Secretariat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I love these threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I just watched Ocean’s Eleven with my kids. But I feel like my bar may be lower than the OP requests! I think Princess Bride is out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I had Mom's Night Out in mind as I hovered over your title and read the first few words... The other one my family LOVES is Love Comes Softly. .....It has a WONDERFUL ending, and the entire movie is very,very well done. And, it had Dale Midkiff and that is Never a bad thing. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Please keep these ideas coming! I watched Love Comes Softly on YouTube tonight; I enjoyed it, but I think it moves a little too slowly for the person I'm trying to buy a movie for. I'll keep checking out the others. Please feel free to suggest other great clean movies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Home Alabama Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Anything with Don Knotts.... The Apple Dumpling Gang The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Incridible Mr. Limpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I think the old Cary Grant comedies are a stitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleGreen Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 The Unsinkable Molly Brown (which was based on a real woman) Anne of Green Gables series Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (although not funny, I remember it as a really good movie) My Fair Lady The Decoy Bride Cool Runnings The Three Musketeers (1993) I remember loving that movie. Night at the Museum My Big Fat Greek Wedding I can't remember the content of all of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebridge Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 What about classics like Pride and Prejudice Emma Sense and sensibility Or sports/competition movies like Akeelah and the Bee Rudy Or documentaries Mad hot ballroom (about NYC elementary aged ballroom dancers) Spellbound I thought Hidden Figures was excellent and tame enough for kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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