| Overall: | B+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 133 |
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| Video Release: | 21 Mar 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 it more acceptable to kill non-humans (robots, aliens, etc.) than human beings?
This movie has been criticized for its simple, almost innocent story line. Yet it is very much like its predecessors. Is this a reflection on the evolution of the movie industry over the last 20 years?
Re-releasing blockbusters in 3D to the big screen is big business in Hollywood. Learn more about the this film’s digital conversion here: http://www.primefocusworld.com/news/2011/03/lucasfilm-works-prime-focus-convert-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace-3d.
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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.
