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_Published 2016-07-08. TIME For Kids reporters review this summer's family hits "Finding Dory", "The BFG" and "The Secret Life Of Pets"._


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## Transcript

Hello, hi, my name is Dory. I suffer from short term memory. Memory loss. Don't look at him, look at me. Nobody can help you. No [ LAUGH ] That was really. > Yeah. The BFG is basically about a little girl named Sophie and then A huge giant called the big friendly giant snatches her out of bed and takes her to giant country. My! What did you think of the BFG? I thought the BFG was really good Yeah. But i thought it was a little scary .

>> Does you have [ UNKNOWN ]. What would be a benefit if you guys had a giant as a friend? I would ask him if I could go into his pocket and then we would take a ride. Would you rather have nightmares every night for the rest of your life or only be allowed to eat snozcumber? [ SOUND ] Pretty gross. I think I would rather have nightmares. Nightmares. [ LAUGH ] Yeah. [ UNKNOWN ] Nightmares. Those joints, they would swallow you up like a piece of frumpkin fry. It's pumpkin pie, not frumpkin fry. If you had to give it a rating on out of 10, what would you say? I would say about a 7. 5. A million.

I'd say a 9. Not. That's quite a fighting toy. Somewhere out there is my family. I can't find them on my own. This time the movies is mainly about the Dolly. And about how she finally realises one day that she has a family somewhere. So Dolly, Nemo and Marlin travel to the equilibrium To go find her parents. I lost my family. Where did you see them last? I forgot. Did you like Finding Dory? I loved it. You love Finding Dory. I adored it. What was your favorite new character? Destiny, the whale. The whale. With that near sighted. Dory, are you okay? I lost my family. That is so sad, you poor thing Not a great swimmer.

How about Hank the octopus you got right there, he's pretty fun, changing shape. I was surprised to realize that, that kind of octopus really exists, right? Did you guys know that at all? Like there were like octopuses that can octupy I guess, that can camouflage like that. Octupy isn't a word. Is it not? I mean, I actually looked it up in the dictionary. There's like octopi or octopuses [ UNKNOWN ] were actually words. I have to find my family. Well that's a hard one, kid. How many millions will you give for Finding Dory? Two. Eleven. Nine and a half. Nine and a half. Okay. So you all like Finding Dory a lot.

Now let's go to Secret Life of Pets. Hey Matt. Hey Gidget! Any plans today? Yes. Big, big stuff today Gidget. I've got big plans. I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna wait for Katie to come back. That sounds exciting. It was all about how the secret life of pets, and how when nobody's watching, they go off and do stuff that you wouldn't even imagine. Be a good boy Leonard. Do you all have pets. I have a hamster and I have a cat. So what do you think the hamster and the Cat do when you are not around? They may be having a party. They might be your not there so you dont know. What would you give Secret Life of Pets, I would say, on a scale of one to ten?

11. 12. 3500. So, which of these three was the best, then, for you? Secret Life of Pets. Secret Life of Pets? Would you see BFG again? Like once more. Once more? BFG and Secret Life of Pets. See Secret Life of Pets, how many more times? Two more times. I would see BFG once more and i would see Finding Dora three more times. And I would see Secret Life of Pets, four more times. Four more times. Yes, Secret Life of Pets is good. Okay.

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