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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Mild |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references, including adultery, reference to child abuse |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Drinking and smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some mildly tense moments |
| Diversity Issues: |
Gender equality a theme of the movie, all white characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
Woody Allen pays loving tribute to movies like “Double Indemnity” and “The Big Sleep” with this delicious comedy for grown-ups about a 1940’s insurance investigator who, under hypnosis becomes a brilliant jewel thief. Allen is C.W. Briggs, an old-fashioned guy who likes things the way they are, which means solving crimes through tips and hunches …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
C+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Anne and Peter share some chaste kisses. Peter's mother implies that more may be going on. |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Tension as they are almost discovered, tragic ending |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
1959 |
Plot: In WWII Amsterdam, a young girl and her family must hide from the Nazis in “the hidden annex.” Unimaginable horrors go on outside their tiny sanctuary. Inside, she struggles to understand, coping with both the normal confusions of adolescence and the the most abnormal and terrifying circumstances. The movie begins as Otto Frank (Joseph …
Continue reading “The Diary of Anne Frank”
Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
4th - 6th Grades |
| Profanity: |
Brief strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Social drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Some tense moments |
| Diversity Issues: |
Character challenges sexism of space program |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2001 |
I started smiling ten minutes after the movie began, and didn’t stop until ten minutes after it ended. What a delight! I cannot resist saying that this “dish” is delicious. It’s about one part of the race to the moon that Tom Hanks didn’t cover in his superb miniseries. It turns out that the United …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
A+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade |
| Profanity: |
None |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
None (pregnant character) |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
None |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Characters in peril, mostly comic, scary nighttime jungle scene |
| Diversity Issues: |
A theme of the movie |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
The fast, fun, and funny “Emperor’s New Groove” is sheer delight for the entire family. It deserves to be taken out of the rarified category of “animation” and called what it is — a cartoon. It has more in common with classic Warner Brothers cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Road Runner than with Disney animation …
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Posted on December 13, 2002 at 5:17 am
B+
| Lowest Recommended Age: |
Middle School |
| Profanity: |
Brief mild language |
| Nudity/ Sex: |
Sexual references and situations, including adultery and one-night stand |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: |
Characters reach for drinks to cope with stress |
| Violence/ Scariness: |
Brief scene of peril, no injuries |
| Diversity Issues: |
None |
| Date Released to Theaters: |
2000 |
The grand tradition of “what if?” movies from “A Christmas Carol” to “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the more recent “Passions of Mind” and “Me Myself I” show us an unhappy hero or heroine who finds out what life would have been like if he or she had made a different choice. But in this …
Continue reading “The Family Man”
