| Overall: | A- |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 113 |
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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.
Although John Groberg looks a little nervous about leaving the security of his familiar life, what proves to be the most difficult thing he has to do?
Looking at the Tongans, Groberg observes, “These people have nothing, and yet they have everything.” What does he mean?
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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.
