This week, we are comparing Captain Fantastic (2016) and The Glass Castle (2017), two films about families raised in unconventional ways.

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The Movies:

Captain Fantastic (2016)

Directed by Matt Ross

Written by Matt Ross

iMDb Rating: 7.8

The Glass Castle (2017)

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

Written by Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham

Based on the memoir by Jeannette Walls

iMDB Rating: 7.1

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Discussions of death, suicide, illness, poverty, mental illness, physical abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, trauma, injury.

Join us this week for a classic child-friendly Christmas episode as we compare Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and A Christmas Carol (2009).

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The Movies:

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)

Directed by Burny Mattinson

Written by Burny Mattinson, Tony Marino, Ed Gombert, Don Griffith, Alan Young & Alan Dinehart

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens

iMDb Rating: 8.0

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

Written by Robert Zemeckis

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens

iMDB Rating: 6.8

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Mentions of death, illness, poverty, and references to the impact of greed on society.

Join us this week for another Hallmark Christmas episode as we compare My Christmas Family Tree (2021) and Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (2020) - two films about women discovering a family they never knew through DNA test results at Christmas.

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The Movies:

My Christmas Family Tree (2021)

Directed by Jason Bourque

Written by Mark Hefti

iMDb Rating: 7.6

Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (2020)

Directed by Mark Jean

Written by Karen Berger

iMDB Rating: 6.8

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Mentions of death, orphaned children