but certainly worth seeing. The stories, sometimes heartbreaking, other times gruesome, each have a lesson, but it takes some thought to find the good (if any...). This movie made me cry terribly because it portrayed (the very frightening) destruction of a family. In the end, director Steven Soderbergh manages to tie up loose ends and show the dramatic effect the drug trade has on society.
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Flat and a little formulaic; mature teens and up.
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for Ages 16–17
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Parents need to know that this movie has everything that triggers an R rating: violence (including the death of major characters, murder, torture, and a teenage overdose), explicit sex (including the judge's daughter trading sex for drugs), and strong language. Characters betray each other and there are intense family scenes. However, this is at its heart a morality tale, and all of the R-rated material is in the service of the overall anti-drug message.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about drugs, both their own views on individual drug use and the impact that the drug business has on the community and the country. As teenagers what they think about the way the judge and his wife responded to his daughter's drug use, and about his decision at the end of the movie. Was it the right one? Why did the drug dealer's wife decide to become involved in his business? Did the movie make you feel differently about the role that illegal drugs play in the lives of people around us? When the judge asks the staff for new ideas, the response is silence. What should the next person to hold the anti-drug czar job do?
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