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The Casagrandes Movie

Movie NR 2024 84 minutes
The Casagrandes Movie poster: Girl on a skateboard.

Common Sense Media Review

Jennifer Green By Jennifer Green , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 7+

Fast-paced movie based on TV series has cartoon violence.

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Parent and Kid Reviews

age 8+

Based on 6 parent reviews

age 18+

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age 7+

The "Summer of 12" lands pleasantly with stellar Indigenous representation

This film has more charm than the TV series and ultimately I found it more enjoyable. The voice characters have great representation from their respective groups and the heart of the story...making space for a young person to practice their autonomy, communication between family members and the complexity of being a young person that has adult impulses but teenager reasoning. The film excels in its Indigenous representations and it is a joy to see a multigenerational family work together.

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Our review:
Parents say (6 ):
Kids say (2 ):

Funny and fast-paced, this film is aimed at young viewers and should please fans of the series. The positive portrayals in The Casagrandes Movie are welcome. In this day of bitter public anti-immigrant sentiment directed at the US/Mexico border (which is sketched in a drawing showing only a line on the otherwise indistinguishable land as the Casagrandes family drives south), it's powerful to celebrate a proud Mexican American family on screen, especially through child-friendly animation. The film shows the close-knit and loving family experiencing a natural connection to their roots in Michoacán. Its bold and brassy tween female leads and their moms and abuelas forge a supportive, matriarchal network. If parents can sit through the cartoon violence, they might enjoy some of these messages and the sillier asides as well.

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