| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 100 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 19 Jan 2010 |
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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.
Why do the screenwriters appear to equate tact or diplomacy with dishonesty? Does complete honesty mean expressing every thought that comes into a person’s head, even if it is unkind? Do you consider social niceties to be lies?
What does the Coke ad in this film have to say about total truth in advertising? How might marketing campaigns be different if they had to be completely forthright? Would you want to live in a world where fiction (either in books or movies) was not allowed?
Once Mark is able to lie, he can see beyond the outward appearance of people and discover their inner strengths. Does that ability have anything to do with honesty? Or is it more of a perception or sensitivity issue?
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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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