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Fri. 10/23/09 02:04 PM

The meaning of the top 10 so far

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Maybe it's too obvious or cliché, but I personally think it can never be emphasized or repeated too much: At least half of the top 10 are family-friendly movies you can take your kids to. And yet Hollywood still keeps pumping out adult-only fare ad nauseam.

Jeth, Sterling Heights, MI

absolutely, family films always dominate the box office even though they're generally ignored come awards time. The nice thing I've seen during the course of my career is that family films have improved dramatically, most likely because computer-animation has become both cutting edge and family friendly...

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