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All the Way Home

(1963, Rated NR, Drama, Starring Pat Hingle, Jean Simmons, Robert Preston)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    1969 love story set in 1815 Tenessee.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 12 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Rufus tells Jay that the big boys teased him by telling him he has a "nigger name." Jay comforts him, and tells him never to use that word, because it is a hurtful word. The word he uses is "colored." Jay tells Rufus that "big boys don't cry."

  • Violence:

    None No violence, but scary (off-screen) death of the father

  • Sex:

    Although the references are so tame by today's standards they would hardly qualify for a PG rating, one of the key issues in the movie is the contrast between Jay's openness and Mary's primness. After Jay's death, Mary realizes that she has to be able to be for Rufus what Jay would have been, and in the very last scene she puts his hand on her belly and tells him that is where the new baby is growing.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Jay and his brother drink. Mary disapproves, but after she gets the news of Jay's death, she takes a drink.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About All the Way Home

Parents need to know that kids may be especially disconcerted by Mary's reaction to the news of Jay's accident, before she learns that he has been killed.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about what Mary and Jay disagree on. How can you tell? Are those differences part of what makes them attractive to each other? Why does Rufus tell the minister and his uncle that they can't sit in his father's chair? How does Mary become more like Jay after his death? Why?
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