Rise of the Guardians

Rated: PG (thematic elements and some mildly scary action)

  Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, and Dakota Goyo all play important roles in this family friendly film based upon the 6 book series by William Joyce. I was S.U.P.E.R exited for this film to come out to all theaters on Thanksgiving. In this film, the tooth fairy (Toothena), the easter bunny (E. Aster, A.K.A: Bunnymund), Santa Claus (North), and the sandman (Sandy) unite as one, to defeat the BOOGEYMAN ( Pitch ). But the four of them need a new guardian, and call for Jack Frost. As it turns out, all five of them were once normal people with normal lives, until the man in the moon (MIM) called for them to protect children, giving them powers and new bodys. MIM is only mentioned in the books, though. ( in the movie it is just the moon) I saw this movie in 3-D, which I thought would be very "pop-outie" but even my 3 1/2 year old cousin kept taking off her glasses- WOW. The sandman never talks, but communicates through sand images. Pitch did not seem to even frighten my little cousin, she just called him...."BAD!" The movie was very funny, and I rate it FINE for ages 4+!!
   *9 out of 10 thumbs up!*