| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 118 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 17 Dec 2012 |
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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.
Why is it difficult for the characters to distinguish between memories of things that really happened and implanted ones? Why does that make it difficult for them to know whom to trust? Would you want to have anything chemically inserted in your mind? If so, what would it be?
How does the movie mix current day technology with futuristic concepts? What elements of sci-fi do the directors employ in this story?
This movie is based on the story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. The tale was brought to the big screen previously in the 1990 sci-fi, also titled Total Recall.
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
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.
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