| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 138 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 19 Apr 2004 |
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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.
After the attack from the French ship, Captain Jack Aubrey has the difficult job of balancing pride against protecting and defending his country’s freedom. How can you tell the difference between reacting in revenge versus justified self-defense?
Do you think Dr. Maturin is opposed to fighting for his nation’s sovereignty? Do you think he is simply using his love of nature as an excuse to avoid further conflict?
Click the link for a complete list of Patrick O’Brian novels featuring Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin. Ordering any of these books from Amazon.com through this link helps support Grading the Movies!
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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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