| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 95 |
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| Video Release: | 22 Dec 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.
Do you think the male protagonist in this film accurately depicts how other men may feel? How does this movie “turn the tables” on the male/female relationships often portrayed in movies? In other films where men are heartbroken, how do they usually react?
Who do you empathize with—Tom or Summer? How may your own experiences and/or gender alter your perceptions of this movie? Do you enjoy films with ambiguous messages that leave individual audiences members with differing points of view?
What techniques does the film employ to contrast the characters’ expectations with reality? In what ways does this idea reflect the theme of the script? Why can the gap between expectations and reality be so difficult to bridge?
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
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