This movie shows Jewish life and family. It shows how family goes beyond tradition. It has a lot of drinking and some violence from the Russians, and is very sad. It shows how matchmakers choose daughters to some random man, and how they only want who they love. I loved this movie. Under 8 might not know what's going on.
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Fiddler on the Roof
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Epic story of Jews during the Russian Revolution.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Fiddler on the Roof
Parents need to know that this film tackles numerous social and political issues within a religious context, including the concepts of interfaith marriages, gender roles, socialism, religious intolerance, and more. Smaller children may be spooked by the movie's portrayal of the violence of the Russian Revolution, and may also be frightened by the film's ending, in which the inhabitants of a small Jewish village are forced out of their homes by Russian soldiers.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the importance of religious traditions: are they stifling to individuality or do they provide a moral framework that imbues everyday life with meaning? They might also wish to discuss parental authority, and what happens when children flout their parents' wishes. The movie's sympathetic portrait of Jewish villagers caught up in the dangerous politics of the Russian Revolution could provide fodder for a discussion of political systems (capitalism vs. communism, for instance), and the havoc and agony that results when such systems are overthrown.
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