Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

One of our favorite Halloween specials. It takes place in a vaguely New England town, with a pleasant Halloween festival, including the obligatory contest (for largest pumpkin, of course). In any case, the fall atmosphere, including the country settings, are very well done. In contrast to most Halloween specials, which feature the supernatural, this story is basically a mystery with a naturalistic explanation, solved by George and his child friends. The only thing which requires suspension of disbelief is the vaguely anthropomorphic monkey himself (even if he doesn't talk), raised by a man who always wears yellow clothes and hat.

Watched it in 2017, 2018, and now 2020 (didn't take it to Princeton in 2019).

My wife, kids, and I, still enjoy watching this special around Halloween. There's just something entertaining about watching Curious George. Never gets old.

This movie is a great movie for the whole family. My three year old son loves it so much he came up with what he thought no noggin looked like and created a costume for Halloween for it, he dressed as a scarecrow. I don't know why anyone would be scared of no noggin after finding out what it actually was. Great laughs through out the movie, and ever year around Halloween we still watch the movie. For a curious George movie that is 58 minutes long is just the right length of time for the kids to sit still and enjoy.

The release date for the movie is a bit incorrect. The movie was first released on dvd in Sept 2013 and not Oct 2013.

This was without a doubt one of my favorite kid films ever. Joe Fallon (writer) did a wonderful job of creating a timeless Curious George story - complete with a mystery, the Man with the Yellow Hat, and all the George hi-jinks we have come to know and love. The way they were able to devise a Halloween story for kids that brings in the right elements yet still keeps things kid-friendly was incredible. My kids have probably watched this a hundred times, with either my wife or I watching it with them at least thirty or so times. I am still enjoying it, even after all those viewings, and that's gotta say something. :-) By the way, if anyone can come up with contact info for Joe Fallon, please share, I would love to tell him what a great job he did. Thanks!

My son fell in love with Curious George when he was 4 and us in love with the show now. This is his favorite movie of the George series: it's easy for children shows' Halloween specials to scare a 4 year old kid, especially if he's not been exposed to a lot of adult shows or news (my son mostly hasn't, and definitely hadn't when he was 4 two years ago). This special didn't scare him at all, even if he did get that Halloween is about being scared a little. As usual it was sweet, educational, and funny (some lines from the movie being endlessly repeated by my son for a week was the "bad" part, maybe). We still watch this any time it's on. I highly recommend this to parents and children.