| Overall: | C |
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| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 98 |
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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.
Warning: On two occasions in this movie, a punch is shown where a person is quickly “jabbed” in the front of the throat—commonly referred to as the Adam’s Apple—resulting in a temporary loss of breath. In reality, a blow of this kind could result in snapping the brittle larynx causing quick death due to suffocation.
While the movie focuses on Joe, what about the bully? Why would he be motivated to have punched Joe in the first place? What do you think people who resort to physical violence may be lacking in their lives?
Another movie dealing with midlife self-esteem issues is Disney’s The Kid.
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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.
