Movies starring Abigail Breslin

Signs (2002)

102 mins     Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

"Signs" is a fall back to the days of the good old Hitchcock thriller, where the film is primarily set in one location, being in this case the house. Plus instead of showing us everything, we are aloud to use our own minds to...

Raising Helen (2004)

119 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

That brings me "Raising Helen" a 2004 movie which sees Kate Hudson being the career minded Helen Harris a New Yorker who to her shock discovers she has been made legal guardian to her nieces and nephew. Now as such "Raising H...

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

97 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

The Santa Clause 3: Tim Allen is back as Santa but not only has he Christmas contend to but also a baby on the way and the nefarious Jack Frost trying to steal his job...

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

101 mins     Comedy, Drama      

You could say that "Little Miss Sunshine" is a road trip movie with all the bumps and issues which befall this sort of movie. But where as many road trip movies are out and out comedies "Little Miss Sunshine" is more quirky, ...

The Ultimate Gift (2006)

114 mins     Drama, Family      

Movie Review - The Ultimate Gift (2006) Drew Fuller stars as Jason who after his grandfather, Howard 'Red' Stevens (James Garner), passes away finds himself having to complete a series of lessons in order to receive his inher...

No Reservations (2007)

104 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

If food is the way to a man's heart "No Reservations" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin will leave them hungry....

Definitely Maybe (2008)

107 mins     Comedy, Romance      

"Definitely Maybe" is a busy little movie with three romances, a career in politics and an inquisitive daughter, there is plenty going on, but unfortunately it struggles. It struggles because that although there are various s...

Nim's Island (2008)

96 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

Regular readers will know I am not one for book reading so when I say that I had never even heard of Wendy Orr's children novel before watching "Nim's Island" it shouldn't be a surprise, especially when we are talking a child...

Zombieland (2009)

84 mins     Action , Comedy, Horror      

Take the dry humour which Simon Pegg and Nick Frost excelled with in their zombie comedy "Shaun of the Dead", then give it a coating of Hollywood and what you get is the hugely entertaining zombie fest "Zombieland". Blending ...

My Sister's Keeper (2009)

109 mins     Drama      

As is so often the case I've not read the Jodi Picoult book which "My Sister's Keeper" has been adapted from and so couldn't tell you how faithful the adaptation by Nick Cassavetes has been or how many important moments have ...

Rango (2011)

107 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

Oh to be young and having never watched all the movies I have as maybe then I would be as blown away by the last decade or mores animations. Oh I can't deny that technology has meant that compared to the animations I watched ...

Ender's Game (2013)

114 mins     Action , Sci-Fi      

In space no one can hear you scream but I damn well bet they can hear you snore when tedium pushes you over the edge. It is what happened to me during the first hour of "Ender's Game" a movie which seems to be popular with th...

August: Osage County (2013)

121 mins     Drama      

A family reunion movie with lashings of bile. That is possibly the best way to describe "August: Osage County" as it follows the formula which many a reunion does with an event bringing the entire family back home and with th...

Haunter (2013)

97 mins     Horror, Mystery, Thriller      

Watching "Haunter" reaffirmed something I have come to believe, whilst I don't dislike movies which have twists and turns I am at an age where simple entertainment pleases me more. As such the first time I watched "Haunter" I...

Final Girl (2015)

90 mins     Action , Thriller      

Many years ago I remember someone saying that the casting can make or break a movie, I say to that the casting can change a movie completely and make it not what you were expecting. This is most certainly the case of "Final G...

Dirty Dancing (2017)

130 mins     Drama, Musical, Romance, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Dirty Dancing (2017) made for TV musical re-imagining/ remake of the much loved 1987 movie starring Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes as Baby and Johnny...