The 1990s were a good time for book adaptations.
Summary While some children's movies are even more popular because they adapt beloved books, other movies aren't so clear about their source material. The 1990s produced plenty of beloved children's movies, both live-action and animated, many of which are surprisingly based on novels. Whether the novels were published in the 1990s or decades earlier, adaptations aren't always easy to spot.
Alan Parrish is one of many characters in Jumanji who don't appear in the 1981 picture book by Chris Van Allsburg. The book tells a simple story about two children playing a safari-themed board game and discovering that the animals from the game spring to life inside their house. Van Allsburg's sequel to Jumanji, Zathura, was adapted into a movie directed by Jon Favreau.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop were enlisted to provide some of the chilling effects in The Witches, and their work is particularly impressive when Anjelica Huston's character reveals her true form as a hideous witch. Dahl's major criticism of the movie is that it changed his ending to make the story more optimistic and sweet. It's hard to say whether he would have preferred the 2020 adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, but critics did not.
6 Father Christmas Based on Father Christmas and Father Christmas Goes On Holiday by Raymond Briggs Close Father Christmas is a delightful festive animation which has found its way into the hearts and homes of people all over the world every December. It's particularly popular in Great Britain, since the author Raymond Briggs was from south London. His other famous Christmas story, The Snowman, was adapted into a cartoon in 1982.
Mrs. Doubtfire is based on Anne Fine's book Madame Doubtfire, also known as Alias Madame Doubtfire in the US. Fine has written books for children of all ages, and even some for adults, but Madame Doubtfire is among her most famous novels. The movie keeps a lot of the same story beats from the novel, but it changes the ending so that Daniel can continue portraying Mrs. Doubtfire in a children's TV show.
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