| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 99 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 08 May 2006 |
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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 children in this film are portrayed as unable to get enough time with their parents. Why do you think situations like these are so often depicted in movies? Do you think hiring a nanny would make their problem better or worse? What solutions might you suggest?
This movie includes a stunt scene involving a Segway Human Transporter. For more information on this usual device, check segway.com.
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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.
