| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 96 |
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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.
Talk about the movie with your family…
Elle Woods is out to challenge the blonde stereotype. Although she is anything but conservative, how does she show her commendable qualities of compassion and personal integrity in this story? What did law school teach her about personal ethics? What does her choice of computer have to say about her individuality?
People are not always what they initially appear to be. Who, besides Elle, proved to be different than first assumed?
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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.
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