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Changing Lanes
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Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15. -
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Common Sense says
Emotionally violent thriller for mature teens.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 15–16
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What Parents Need to Know
About Changing Lanes
Parents need to know that this film involves a lot of realistic emotional violence which can be upsetting. A family is separated by the alcoholism of a parent, and there is an extremely harrowing scene of a father being forcibly removed from his son's school. There is also a later confrontation between the father and mother where the father is told he'll never see the children again. The physical violence in the film is brief and mild by modern standards, but realistic. There are religious references (the movie takes place on Good Friday) that some families will find awkward or heavy-handed.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the characters' conflicting impulses to forgive and to get revenge. What finally convinces Doyle to give the file back? What did his friend mean when he told Doyle "Alcohol was never really your drug of choice?" Why was Gavin unwilling to go to Texas to do his pro-bono work, and what do you make of his final speech to his father-in law? In a way, this is a movie about the way people do and don't listen to each other and how that makes us feel. Where do we see that theme most clearly? Why was Gavin able to ignore the reality of his situation? Was the end of the film realistic? Parents will want to discuss safe driving habits with their teens after seeing this film as well.
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