Jindabyne
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Is it age appropriate?
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Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 15. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Intense relationship drama for adults only.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 15–18
What to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
About Jindabyne
Parents need to know that this short story-based film is a bleak study of human cruelty in the form of emotional sabotage and actual murder. There are many violent episodes -- from the opening sequence in which a serial killer stalks his prey to a scene in which two children kill a pet to an emotionally jarring exchange in which a husband and wife fight each other with words and fists. Racism also rears its nasty head, and there are disturbing close-ups of a murdered woman. Characters drink, smoke, and swear.
Read our full review by S. Jhoanna Robledo
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how the media can vilify or anoint someone because of their choices. In some cases -- like the one presented in this movie, in which four men ignore a dead body until their vacation is done -- is it justified? If so, why? Does the film explain why the men decide to do what they did? Does it make sense? Is the reaction they get from their families understandable or outrageous? How do such moments bring some people closer and tear others apart?

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