If you have read the book, you would get an idea of how corrupt the movie would be. However, the story according to the book was much better than the story according to the movie. The movie was hard to follow, and if I hadn't of read the book, I would not have gotten it. It was dark, seductive, and there was no redeeming qualities, other than the fact that it opposed racism.
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Snow Falling on Cedars
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Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 15; suggested age 14. -
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Good movie for adults and older teens.
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for Ages 14–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About Snow Falling on Cedars
Parents need to know that there are some battle scenes and a graphic amputation, and some inexplicit but intimate scenes of married couples having sex and teenagers making out.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how several characters in the movie hesitate before acting and the consequences of the delays and what factors led them to decide the way they do. Families could also talk about this style of story-telling. Is it supposed to represent the internal thoughts of the characters or is there some sort of narrator putting together the story like a jigsaw puzzle? And families could also talk about the Japanese internment, one of the most shameful episodes in this country's history, and about the half-century effort it took to get an apology and a small payment for damages.
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