| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 109 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 30 Nov 2010 |
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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.
Dave uses science to help him fight the evil Morgana. How is science depicted in this story? Are any of these portrayals inaccurate?
What generational differences do Dave and Balthazar experience? What are they able to learn from one another?
Can teasing have a long-term impact on a child? How is Dave affected by his classmates’ ridicule?

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.