I enjoyed Vampires' Picnic. It/this is a film for all the family.

[Rachel Adams]

This sentence is from Michael Swan's "Practical English Usage". It's about the difference between "it" and "this".

1. "I enjoyed Vampires' Picnic. It/this is a film for all the family."

2. "VAMPIRES PICNIC: This is a film for all the family." Using "it" is wrong in the second sentence, because "this" is preferred when we bring things into focus" according to the book. But is using "that" wrong in both sentences?

 

[englishhobby]

I think 'that' doesn't work in either case.

1) 'That' sounds more natural when you are talking about a past action that happened quite a long time ago (That was a film... )
2) 'This' is just a commonly used word for presenting movies.

(I am a non-native English teacher.)