| Overall: | C- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 93 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 16 Oct 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.
What commentary does Moonrise Kingdom offer about the way adults resolve problems versus children? Why do you think the creator of this film chose to set it in 1965? Would we feel differently about this depiction if it were set in the present?

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