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The Basket

(2000, Rated PG, Drama, Starring Karen Allen, Peter Coyote, Eric Dane)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    An ambitious, complicated, and thoughtful story.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    A theme of the movie
  • Violence:

    Brief war scenes, character threatened with a gun
  • Sex:

    Brief reference to out-of-wedlock pregnancy
  • Language:

    None
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    None
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Basket

Parents need to know that this movie includes brief flashbacks to WWI battle scenes, including the death of civilians. A character has an amputated leg and another has epilepsy. There are sad deaths. There are also intense scenes of prejudice and cruelty that may be upsetting to children.

Read our full review by Nell Minow

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about this movie's depiction of the early days of basketball, when the people who shoot baskets were called "goal tossers." How has it changed? How do you think that the way we play games like basketball and baseball may change in the future? Think about the sacrifices made by Brigitta and by Martin. What led them to make those choices? Did they get what they were hoping for? Why was it hard for some people in the community to accept Helmut and Brigitta? Which characters did not, and why? Why was the story of "The Basket" like what was going on in the town? How can stories help change the way we see the world?

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