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ALL IN THE FAMILY |JQQQ|

I love old films and my family loves them, too. My mum and dad always talk about a really old
film called Swiss Family Robinson, also a book, about a Swiss family who find themselves on
a desert island when their boat sinks. And do you know what? I like it, too. So guys - here's
today's topic. Old films about families. So you know my opinion, what about yours?
3 comments reply to post

How about the Home Alone films in the 1990s, all about 8-year-old Kevin McCallister? The first one is definitely
the best. Kevin's parents forget to take him on the family Christmas holiday. Kevin is happy at first because he's
got the whole house to himself and his brothers and sisters aren't there to annoy him. He has lots of fun stopping
two silly criminals from robbing the family home. But he starts to miss his family and on Christmas morning he
gets the best present of all - everyone comes back home! It was funny then and it's still funny now.
Emma, Brighton
Whose favourite family is the Parrs in The Incredibles? Remember them? The Parrs are like most families. You
know, they fight and argue and have fun. But they're also a family of superheroes. Dad is super strong. Mum is
super stretchy. Violet, their eldest child, can turn invisible, and then nobody can see her. Her younger brother
Dash is super fast and her baby brother Jack-Jack has laser eyes. I think those films are great, old or not.
Max, Birmingham

I like your comments, Max and Emma. And here is mine. The Addams Family! They're a really strange family
who live in a normal town. They all wear black. They live in a huge old house. Other families think they're
a little bit scary, but the Addams family don't care. The parents, Gomez and Morticia, and their children,
Wednesday and Pugsley, are happy being different. And there's Cousin It, too. He (or she - no one is sure)
is covered in fur. And finally there is Uncle Fester, Gomez's brother. They're one of the best loved screen
families of all time - in my house, anyway!
Moira, Edinburgh

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Film families

7 Think about your favourite film family. Make notes about your favourite
Tick ( /) the things they do. film family. Are they a good family?
My favourite film family are _
SPEAKING Work in small groups. Tell each other
• They help each other.
about your favourite film families, and decide
• They fight a lot. together which one is the best.
• They laugh a lot.
• They spend a lot of time together. O The Incredibles are usually a good family because...
• They talk about their problems.
• They are good friends.
But sometimes they...