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The Legend of Bagger Vance

(2000, Rated PG-13, Drama, Starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize Theron)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 12.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Some people will find it simplistic and cliched.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 12–13

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Black character treated very respectfully, if anachronistically
  • Violence:

    Tension, brief but brutal battle scenes in WWI flashback, off-camera suicide
  • Sex:

    Sexual references and situations including a proposal to trade sex for a favor
  • Language:

    Brief mild language
  • Consumerism:

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

    Character abuses alcohol, drinking and smoking
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Legend of Bagger Vance

Parents need to know that this movie has a brief but bloody battle scene, brief mild language, brief sexual references, and inexplicit sexual situations. A woman offers to trade a man sex for a favor. She does not go through with it, even though it is clear that she loves him, in fact, probably because she loves him. A man commits suicide (off-camera). Junuh abuses alcohol in an attempt to forget his experiences and his pain.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the differences in how the characters when things go badly. Older kids may want to talk about the potential racism inherent in assigning a sort of magical "otherness" to the lone black character. Families can also talk about how this movie shows the importance of integrity, and about how we find our own "authentic swings," the ones that our hands know before our heads do.

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    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 4.0

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    a good movie but not appropiate 4 kids

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