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The English Patient

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Stunning, complex mature emotional drama.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 16 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    There are excellent examples of heroism but there is also an adulterous relationship..
  • Violence:

    Guns shoot down a plane, wounded soldiers, burn victims, bombs, a sandstorm, explosions, car crash, man is choked to death, suicides, a finger is cut off.
  • Sex:

    Full frontal nudity (female), sex.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters get drunk to ease pain, many characters drink, morphine is abused.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The English Patient

Parents need to know that this film features its fair share of both gore and sex, although the slow pace of the film keeps either from being overwhelming. There is full-frontal female nudity, a case of adultery, a finger is sliced off, and a sandstorm temporarily strands people in the desert. In addition, there are bloody injuries, bombs, explosions, two plane crashes, and several deaths. There is also substance abuse of both alcohol and morphine.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about issues surrounding the physical and emotional consequences of war. What are the different responses that the characters have to death, and how do they change? What happens when convictions are treated as the truth? How is adultery portrayed in the film? What are the ramifications of adultery in the film and what might they be in real life?

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