| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 101 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 11 Aug 2009 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
A teacher in this movie says, “Asking high school seniors to be abstinent is like asking a porcupine to poop goat cheese.” Do you agree with this statement? Do you think adults’ attitudes toward teen sexuality affect their decisions to engage in sexual behavior? How have adult attitudes about teen sexuality changed in the past few decades?
In the movie, Mike has to become a teenager again before he is able to talk to his kids about sex. Is it possible for parents to have frank discussions with their children despite their age differences? Why are movie depictions of these kinds of conversations so rare?
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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.
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