| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | A |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 125 |
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| Video Release: | 02 Feb 2010 |
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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 movie and others like it (Far From Heaven, The Hours) depict the 1950s as a time when many women were unhappy. Do you think that was reflective of all women? Over the last 50 years, choices for women have expanded. Have these increased opportunities made the women of today any happier?
How did Katherines dress reflect her attitude toward the more formal mores of the college?

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.