| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 132 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 03 Jun 2002 |
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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.
Societies with class systems restrict what you can become simply because you were born into the “wrong” family. Was William justified in falsifying his ancestry so he could achieve his dream?
What aspects of the Middle Ages does this movie choose to ignore? Why do we demand historical accuracy in some film, yet with others (perhaps this one) we are willing to accept the obvious errors and anachronisms?
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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.
