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Summary
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 80Audiences 64GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer92%
Metascore68
Audience score66%
User score6.5
IMDb6.4
Letterboxd · 87 K ratings3.1/5
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −11 min on the typical 103
typical 10392Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2020
April 22, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Canada
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism24 of 26
Will ForteTim Willoughby (voice)
Maya RudolphNanny (voice)
Alessia CaraJane Willoughby (voice)
Terry CrewsCommander Melanoff (voice)
Martin ShortThe Father (voice)
Jane KrakowskiThe Mother (voice)
Seán CullenBarnaby Twins (voice)
Ricky GervaisThe Cat (voice)- FTFiona TothTravel Agent (voice)
Islie HirvonenPerfect Daughter (voice)
Colleen WheelerSocial Worker (voice)
Bonnie RileyMikelina (voice)
Robyn RossReal Estate Agent (voice)
Shannon Chan-KentBaby Ruth (voice)
Rebecca HusainSweetie (voice)
Cristina RosatoAdditional Voices, Reporter (voice)
Alistair AbellAdditional Voices
Emily DelahuntyAdditional Voices- JHJordan HemsleyAdditional Voices
Eliza NorburyAdditional Voices
Jason SimpsonAdditional Voices- LSLaird ScabaAdditional Voices
Rondel ReynoldsonAdditional Voices- CHCole HowardAdditional Voices
Directing · 5
- Kris Pearn Director, Story, Screenplay
- Cory Evans Co-Director
- Priscilla Parizeau Script Coordinator, Story Artist, Story Coordinator
- Rob Lodermeier Co-Director
- Justine Poustchi Script Coordinator
Writing · 14
- Mark Stanleigh Screenplay
- David Feiss Story Artist
- Jihyun Park Story Artist
- Doron Meir Story Artist
- Desirae Witte Story Artist
- Thalia Lemon Story Artist
Production · 13
- Ricky Gervais Executive Producer
- Andrew Pollack Executive Producer
- Jason Cloth Executive Producer
- Chris Conover Executive Producer
- Dale Wells Executive Producer
- Aaron L. Gilbert Producer
Camera · 2
- Sebastian Brodin Director of Photography
- Rav Grewal Director of Photography
Editing · 11
- Scott Winlaw Additional Editing, Editor
- Jordan Hemsley Associate Editor, Editor
- Jay Harada Online Editor
- Tuyet Le Additional Editor
- Thor Roos Colorist
- Vanessa Seecharran First Assistant Editor
Sound · 25
- Mark Mothersbaugh Original Music Composer
- Tim Jones Music
- John Enroth Music
- Albert Fox Music
- Wataru Hokoyama Music
- Peter Seibert Music
Art · 1
- Kyle McQueen Production Design
Visual Effects · 64
- Pete Oswald Character Designer
- Craig Kellman Character Designer
- Kristina Kovacs Animation
- Kyu Hyung Ray Lee Compositing Artist, Lighting Artist
- Roy Stein Lead Animator
- Pedro de la Llave Animation
Lighting · 43
- Lovepreet Mann Lighting Artist
- Ouirich Bounthavy Lighting Artist
- Wesley Mandell Lighting Artist
- Héloïse Papillon Lighting Artist
- Harshal Kadam Lighting Artist
- Chris Palmer Lighting Artist
Other crew · 8
- Adam Wood Thanks
- Carrie Perry Schedule Coordinator
- Sam Trounce Post Production Supervisor
- Travis Best Systems Administrators & Support
- Justin Ottley Software Team Lead
- Béa Ocampo Systems Administrators & Support
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