| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 222 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 07 Feb 2012 |
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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.
“The stone that fell from this roof so long ago is still falling,” says the servant girl Ester (Haya Harareet) to Ben-Hur. What do you think she means by this statement? How did this one incident change the life of Ben-Hur and his family?
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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.
