| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 124 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 07 Mar 2005 |
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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.
How are elderly people usually portrayed in movies? How many films can you think of that deal with growing older in a thoughtful way?
What effect did reading the notebook have on the aging woman? Would you find such a book to be valuable to you in your twilight years?
To work through his grief, Noah puts time and effort into restoring the huge mansion he purchased. How can working on a project like this help to lesson the stress and grief of a major loss in your life?
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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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