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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
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  • Review
    Barbershop 2: Back in Business

    Great message delivered in an edgy hip-hop movie.
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    13
     
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    (DVD, 2004)
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    Legends of the Hidden Temple
    90s game show offers family-friendly adventure.
    AGE
    6
     
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    (TV, 2004)
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    Awesome Adventures

    Tweens will be planning their next adventure.
    AGE
    8
     
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    (TV, 2004)
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    What Matters
    30-minute 60 Minutes for tweens and up.
    AGE
    10
     
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    (TV, 2004)
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    Miracle

    Moving story of the 1980 Olympic hockey team.
    AGE
    7
     
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    (DVD, 2004)
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    An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
    The further adventures of immigrant mice.
    AGE
    5
     
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    (DVD, 2004)
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    An American Tail

    Adorable, heartwarming tale of an immigrant mouse.
    AGE
    5
     
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    (DVD, 2004)
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    Millennium Actress
    Arty Japanese animated drama is too complex for little ones.
    AGE
    12
     
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    (DVD, 2003)
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    Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Indy's first adventure is a rip-roaring action masterpiece.
    AGE
    11
     
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    (DVD, 2003)
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    Rabbit-Proof Fence

    Powerful drama about racism OK for tweens and up.
    AGE
    11
     
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    (DVD, 2003)
  • Review
    Tuck Everlasting

    A timeless and thought-provoking novel.
    AGE
    9
     
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    By Natalie Babbitt
    (Book, 2003)
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    Empire of the Sun

    Beautiful but grim WWII saga through a boy's eyes.
    AGE
    13
     
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    (DVD, 2003)
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    The Other Side of Heaven
    OK movie of young Mormon missionary.
    AGE
    10
     
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    (DVD, 2003)
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    Apollo 13

    Thrilling, heartwarming, scary, and superb.
    AGE
    12
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    Gosford Park

    Wonderful British whodunit with some sexual content.
    AGE
    15
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    Heavenly Creatures

    Gruesome yet imaginative teen psychosexual drama.
    AGE
    16
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    Ratcatcher

    Gritty yet beautiful coming-of-age film too dark for kids.
    AGE
    17
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
  • Review
    The Sound of Music

    Outstanding family film features glorious music.
    AGE
    6
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    1776

    Every American should watch this once a year.
    AGE
    8
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    Hearts and Minds

    Provocative Vietnam War docu with violence, racial slurs.
    AGE
    15
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
  • Review
    A League of Their Own

    A women's baseball team strives for recognition as they fend off one curveball after another.
    AGE
    10
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    The Journey of Natty Gann
    Compelling adventure too violent for some kids.
    AGE
    9
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    American Legends

    Folklore cartoons are more entertaining than educational.
    AGE
    5
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    Newsies

    Kids go on strike in gritty, historical musical.
    AGE
    9
     
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    (DVD, 2002)
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    The Basket
    An ambitious, complicated, and thoughtful story.
    AGE
    10
     
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    (DVD, 2001)