| Overall: | B- |
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| Violence: | A- |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 106 |
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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.
One of the lies Buddy chooses to tell is to Abby’s son Scott (Alex D. Linz). Was his decision justifiable because he was trying to protect the boy? If you were Scott, would you prefer the lie or the truth?
What finally allowed Buddy to let go of his feelings of guilt?
For another romance that depicts finding love after the loss of a spouse, check our review of Return to Me .

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