Fun family movies with absolutely no peril What. So. Ever?

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Youngest DC(7) does not like any kind of peril, tension or even general unpleasantness on TV. I mean NONE. To give you an idea, Wallace and Gromit would be right out. Obviously making a 90+ min film that has an engaging plot and yet also no tension whatsoever is a challenge!

We all love comedy and romcoms fit the bill, but of course then you have the issue that they aren't engaging for children. But we had success with Groundhog Day (hah!) last night and it makes me think there must be others!

Swearing no issue at all . Humour a must.

Goes Wrong Show was well received over Christmas if that helps.

All ideas welcome!

The black and white era Carry On films are mostly peril-free and don't have the adult innuendo of the later ones. I'd recommend Sergeant, Teacher and Regardless as particularly non-tense.

Haha at Frozen not having any peril...

Definitely Mr Bean.
Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny etc might be ok as, although tiny bit if peril involved, they are always ok again literally seconds later.

Mr Bean (the first film) has a fair bit of peril - there's the segment where the daughter has the motorbike accident and Mr Bean ends up operating on her in hospital.

Mr Bean's Holiday would be a better bet.

Minions! Always a winner.

Or Lego movies.

I'm struggling to think of films that meet a criteria somewhere between suicide being OK and all other peril being out. Maybe go with musicals? My Fair Lady, Hairspray?

Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan
It Takes Two with the Olsen twins
Three men and a baby
Look who's talking
Marmaduke
Stuart little

Flight of the Navigator broke my heart when he said goodbye at the end...

Not a film, but the old TV episodes of Brambly Hedge are very sweet and on YouTube I think.

Mine are quite sensitive too, but will all watch Yogi Bear (the one with Justin Timberlake in ), Mr Popper's Penguins, and Racing Stripes with nobody getting upset, but then I'd add some Wallace and Gromit (A Grand Day Out) to that list too so it may not be all that helpful!

I have the old black and white version of Harvey on my 'hopefully gentle' to-watch list but can't tell you if it's a success peril-wise as I haven't checked it out yet.

I've looked this up before and vaguely recall Care Bear movies coming highly recommend for no peril, but I haven't investigated!

Lots of great ideas here, thank you so much!! I'll work through them.

I get what some of you mean re. the suicide being fine in Groundhog Day. It's hard to explain, but it's the the tension he doesn't like, rather than the content iyswim. So 'adult' comedy is a better bet than say, the Lego movie (which he definitely would NOT enjoy) where there is a deliberate build up of peril and suspense, even though it is a kids movie.

Paddington was a definite no from him, for those that asked about that!

I think Cool Runnings, Parent Trap and Three Men and Patrick sound along the right lines. Thank you!

My eldest went through a phase of finding the theme of death/ dying quite scary. Eg in Big Hero 6 the older brother dies in a fire. Its implied by him running back into a burning building. He was conversely fine with a similar scene in The Greatest Show. Kids are weird.
My youngest is going through a phase of having nightmares if anything is remotely spooky. So monsters inc, he would happily watch is now too scary.
However, I tend to try and get them to rewatch it in the morning when they are not tired or emotional and talk them through it. Unless they get super distressed of course.
Good luck.
Perhaps work out what cartoon series he likes watching and find a corresponding movie.

Swallows and Amazons the 1970s version.
Plus Swallows and Amazons forever if they like that. (both adapted from books by Arthur Ransome but different characters)
High School Musical
Some of the Carry-ons

Swallows and Amazon is full is suspense.

@TheMandalorian My 11yo is still upset about the brother in BigHero6, and refuses to rewatch it, and it's what,a good five years since he watched it.

Mrs Doubtfire

Baby's Day Out? The Mighty Ducks?

@PerspicaciaTick not the 70s version. The more recent version which ignored a good amount of the original story (and managed a 1950s plane in a film set in WWII -and the book is 1930s) has some.

I'm a huge fan of Swallows and Amazon's and find the night scenes incredibly suspenseful.

We watched Hotel for dogs yesterday. Might be an option?

Also are you using common sense media to check for any sign of peril?

Big?
Or the Easter Bunny one- Hop I think it’s called? Good timing as well!
Mine enjoyed both of these

I’m 42 and I cried at Paddington. It doesn’t get any better but I can check movie plots online now to make sure I know what’s coming.

I know it's not a film, but there is an audio series called "The Book of Arralan" in which the narrator promises the children that the characters are going to be ok. There is some suspense/peril, but we've found the explicit promise that the characters are going to be ok really useful to our DCs (aged 5 and 7, and generally scared of a lot of "children's" TV/films). And there's a lot of humour in it too, they love it!
The first 3 seasons are free on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7cBc0ujjvRlq5nQ7rsUdde?si=fc6cfa9567164bb5