Catch and Release

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.

Following the death of her soon-to-be husband, Gray has many people express their regrets. What things are appropriate to say? What are not? How can a person offer comfort to someone who is grieving?

The child in this film appears to have had a steady diet of video games and television. In what ways does he appear to have been affected by so much media influence? Do you think violent games and TV shows affect children? For more studies on media violence and children, check out the following sites:

http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/rgcolumns/2007/0118.asp

http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_vlent.shtml

What does this film say about faithfulness and honesty in relationships? How do you feel about Grey’s new love interest?