| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 106 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 11 Feb 2008 |
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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.
In corresponding with David Gerrold, he indicates his experience with the social workers who arranged the adoption of his son Sean, were very positive. Says David, “Their commitment to the children was unconditional.” Why do you think social workers are often portrayed—as they are in this movie—as being difficult or doubting? How does this portrayal add to the dramatic conflict in this film?
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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.
