| Overall: | B- |
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| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
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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.
At one point in the movie, Sammy pulls out a sketchbook with pictures of all the Pokemon he has seen. Ash refers to it as a “hand made Pokedex,” in comparison to the electronic Pokemon indexing device he usually carries. Can you come up with ideas for other basic items that have been replaced by electronics or newer gadgets?
How has the Pokemon craze changed over the past few years? Are people still trading Pokemon cards in your school? If you think Pokemon isn’t as popular now, why is that the case? What is popular now, that may not be next year?
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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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