| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C- |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 16 Jan 2006 |
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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.
A scene in this movie depicts a house party with dozens of teens holding plain colored plastic cups. What do you think they are drinking? Do you think the creators of this teen movie carefully considered this decision? How would clear glasses have created a different conclusion?
Both Nick Cannon and Shawn Ashmore are in their mid-twenties, yet they are playing high school students. Why do older people portray most teenagers in movies? Do you think they look like 17-year-olds?
The character of Tracy Stokes is a high school dropout, who later passed his GED. If you are making career decisions, check this page for some incentives to continue your education: http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/value.htm. And if you are yearning to be an LAPD officer, here’s the official recruitment page: http://www.joinlapd.com.
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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.
