Personal Velocity (R)
Story about life's turning points is not for kids.
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- Studio: MGM/UA
- Directed By: Rebecca Miller
- Cast: Parker Posey, Kyra Sedgwick, Fairuza Balk
- Running Time: 85 minutes
- Release Date: 12/06/2002
- Video/DVD Release Date: 03/18/2003
- Genre: Drama
- MPAA Rating: R
- MPAA Explanation: brief violence, some strong sexuality and language
Parents need to know
Families can talk about how each character is influenced by her parents and by her past. If each character develops at her own "personal velocity" what does this mean for her relationships with those around her? This movie only touches on the male characters in each of the women's lives. Why might Miller chose to make these characters two-dimensional?
Message
Social Behavior:
Strong female characters
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Smoking and drinking
Violence
Brief but graphic violence, tense family scenes, reference to child abuse
Sex
Sexual references and situations, including teen sex, masturbation and infidelity
Language
Very strong language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
Is it any good?
This dramaturgical triptych is drawn with a surgeon's precision, clearly labeling each heroine with her individual attribute: Delia Shunt is Courage; Greta Herskovitz is Ambition; Paula Friedrich is Hope. Perhaps Miller fears that sentimentality will prevent her characters from being "bony, rough and true", but in taking a knife to the fat of emotions, she has left us a curiously lean dish. Although it makes some interesting insights, PERSONAL VELOCITY never quite gets up to speed.
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