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Grandpa in My Pocket (2009)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
A Grandpa with a magic Shrinking Cap that only his grandson Jason knows about. When he puts the cap on Grandpa shrinks and creates comic mayhem, but somehow Grandpa and Jason always manage to save the day. It’s teamwork!
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, lighthearted, educational, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
grandfather, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, youth, misfit, magic, children, grandson, friendship, teamwork, magical object, problem solving, secret, creativity, unhappiness, objects come to life, improv, midget, family, miniaturization, live action, miniature person
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and captivating films and TV series with plots about family relations, youth, family, friendship, friends, parents and children and children mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Grandpa in My Pocket: 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1998), Mortified (2006), Hank Zipzer (2014), Worst Best Friends (2002), DanTDM Creates a Big Scene (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, light, humorous
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family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
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kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 20 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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27%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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201
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Family, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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