| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
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| Video Release: | 14 Feb 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.
Is lying ever justified as a way to reach your goals? What other options did Terri have? Do we ever see her sit down and seriously confront her father with her request? Do parents ever have other reasons for saying “No”?
If your life had been affected by drunk driving the way Terri’s is, how would you react to people who drink?
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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.
