| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 100 |
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| Video Release: | 02 Aug 2011 |
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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.
In an interview about Spy Kids 2, veteran actor Ricardo Montalban comments: “I love playing this grandfather who has so much vitality and excitement to him and I hope it will open more doors for showing the elderly on screen. I combine three invisible minorities in one: I’m Latin, elderly and handicapped.” When you consider movies you have seen, how often are elderly or handicapped people portrayed in a thoughtful and positive way?
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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.
