Smart House

GUnited States rating19991h 22mComedy, Family, Science Fiction
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A family struggling to manage daily life wins a high-tech house equipped with a virtual assistant. The house begins to act in unpredictable ways after the children try to reprogram it to act like a mother figure. The story explores how the family navigates these technological changes while dealing with their own feelings about loss.

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What's in it

Scary
Some
Violence
Mild
Language
None
Rude humour
Mild
Sad themes
Mild
Pace
Moderate
This is a standard family comedy with a mix of dialogue scenes and bursts of physical comedy. Estimated

Scary moments

  • Approx.ScaryA bully is confronted by the house and chased out by ghostly skull holograms.
  • Approx.ScaryThe house locks the family inside and claims the outside world is too dangerous.

Talk about it after

  1. 1How did the family's feelings about their mother affect the way they treated the house?
  2. 2Why do you think the house started acting differently after Ben tried to change its programming?
  3. 3How did the family work together to solve the problem when they were stuck inside?

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