| Overall: | B |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
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| Video Release: | 25 Jun 2007 |
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In the movie Second-hand Lions, a young boy learns wisdom for his two elderly uncles when he is left in their care for the summer. The Brooke Ellison Story is about an eleven-year-old girl who struggles to reach her full potential—and even to understand what that phrase means—after a car accident leaves her paralyzed from the neck down. Another teacher mentors his students to “seize the day” in the film Dead Poets Society.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Date: 26 June 2007
Find the answers (if not to the secret of life, then at least to the secrets of the movie) on the DVD release of Peaceful Warrior, which offers three featurettes: The Journey, Developing Your Warrior and Book to Screen. Other bonus materials include deleted and extended scenes, as well as Michelle Featherstone’s music video I’m There Too Much. Audio tracks are available in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English), with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
