This movie is very enlightening on what is happening to women all around the world. One of the best foreign films I have seen in a while. There is a little bit of language and sex, but nothing earth shattering. At first it seems boring, but you get caught up in the characters and plot, and you just forget you are reading subtitles and are listening to a foreign language. (Warning, the ending isn't very good though!)
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Iranian dramedy scores with gender equity issues.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Offside
Parents need to know that this Iranian dramedy explores the gender inequalities that affect that country's young soccer fans. It moves slowly and comes with subtitles, so younger viewers might be bored. But the story -- girls disguise themselves as boys to enter the stadium, where no women are allowed -- might appeal to teens. When they're discovered, the girls are penned up until a bus arrives to take them to jail. There are discussions of political and legal oppression of women, as well as past demonstrations against the state. Characters (soldiers, a teenage girl and a young boy) smoke cigarettes.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about oppression and inequality. How are women's rights different in Iran than they are in the United States? Where did the restrictions on Iran's women come from? How does the movie show the effects of these restrictions on the younger generation? Is it inevitable that teenagers, no matter where they're from, will resist limits on what they can do and say? How does the movie represent a kind of "on the ground" view of how oppression affects ordinary people? Families can also talk about how sports can build community, even in stressful circumstances. Can you think of other movies that have addressed that idea?
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
A great movie
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i cried , i laughed
dear people of america the movie is great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh My God SEE THIS!
I went to see this wonderful movie with a friend, who's also almost 12, and her little sister, who's almost 8. It's now one of my new favorite movies. It's not filmed by a genius like Peter Jackson or anything, but the camerawork is quite good. At the beginning, the actors were so good that I thought it was a documentary - I would have never known that this was actual acting, it looked so real. The story is great and there are some hilarious moments, although younger kids might not get them (a soldier calls his girlfriend, the girlfriend hears a woman's voice and thinks he's cheating on her). It's well done and makes you think. My only complaint is the subtitles - I'm a really fast reader, but sometimes you miss stuff. There is some language in this, but it's used completely in context and makes sense. It's not anything that kids over 9 (or kids who have older siblings and were taught curse words) wouldn't have seen or heard, so that's all good. I'd say it's good for 8 and up, and it wouldn't hurt if smaller kids saw it, although they probably wouldn't be able to read the subtitles fast enough.
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