I agree, but you don't see people defending a movie like 'Collateral Beauty' by saying, "It's just for stupid/sentimental/Will Smith-loving adults, let them enjoy it."

Yeah and I don't have kids myself, but I wonder if expecting our kids to like bad films trains them to have low expectations for movies in the future? There are "kid" movies I remember actively disliking as a child, watching them in the theater, the supposed intended audience. We treat kids like they're too stupid to…

This. I was astonished Disney played the whole song through twice in the same movie. Seems like that would violate one of their internal quality control rules.

The "it's made for kids" argument that gets dragged out so often makes no sense to me. Do kids not deserve quality entertainment that isn't dumbed down? Do they not deserve stories that are well-written? Do you judge the books you read your kids the same way? "Well it rhymed so whatever. There were pictures in it."