| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 69 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 20 Aug 2012 |
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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.
This animation is a good example of how voices can be used to define stereotypical characters. Notice how Buster the villain sounds like a mafia man, the sheepdog is played as a dim-witted accomplice, and the dogcatcher (voiced by none other than Don Knotts) is the bumbling idiot.
Why are great efforts expended to free main characters from the pound, but no thought is given to the other inmates?
Why was Tramp reluctant to share his past with his son? Do you think Scamp would have been positively or negatively affected by his father’s experiences?
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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.
