Anyone seen 42?

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Misty Cato

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If so, your impressions?

I want to see it and my precocious, sports-fan 8 year old has been asking to go. I'm considering taking him, but would love to hear what anyone who has seen it thought of it.
 
It's PG-13, Misty, so I'd read this review first:
http://www.kids-in-mind.com/f/42.htm
They go into detail of every little tiny thing - so you know exactly what's there, even prudishly for many, but at least you know what you're in for.

We have friends who saw it, who aren't fans of baseball at all, and raved over the movie, which says a lot.
 
We aren't big baseball fans here, but Zach does want to see it. *sigh* Guess I better go check out one of those links.
 
Thanks everyone, I appreciate the links. I can't imagine being the person who sits down and watches a movie and notes down every kiss, swear word, etc. Glad they provide the service though.
 
scrap2day said:
This is what The Dove Foundation has to say if that helps. By the way, they gave it a rating of Not Dove Family-Approved.
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They only gave it a Not Approved b/c of the "GD" word used 4 times

I have to sometimes take those reviews with a grain of salt..my kids see worse in public and at school than some of the things they rate these movies on.

A guy icing a sore elbow earns marks in violence? Really?

My son and DH (both baseball loving guys) really want to see this movie. It looks really good
 
FlirtatiousBrat said:
They only gave it a Not Approved b/c of the "GD" word used 4 times

I have to sometimes take those reviews with a grain of salt..my kids see worse in public and at school than some of the things they rate these movies on.

A guy icing a sore elbow earns marks in violence? Really?

My son and DH (both baseball loving guys) really want to see this movie. It looks really good
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Thank you. I'm never quite sure why some things end up not family approved and others surprise me and are approved. I usually end up looking at a few sites including that one Darcy linked to.
 
Misty, I know the prices of movies are crazy expensive but have you considered seeing it with your husband or even by yourself first and then deciding if it is ok for your son? I know that my parents used to do that if there was something that one of us kids really wanted to see (or if they suspected that one of my siblings was going to see something with friends that definitely appeared to be not something my parents approved of just to know what type of information they were seeing).

This way you could also be prepared for questions or "lessons" you want to discuss if you do decide to let him see it.
 
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scrap2day said:
Misty, I know the prices of movies are crazy expensive but have you considered seeing it with your husband or even by yourself first and then deciding if it is ok for your son? I know that my parents used to do that if there was something that one of us kids really wanted to see (or if they suspected that one of my siblings was going to see something with friends that definitely appeared to be not something my parents approved of just to know what type of information they were seeing).

This way you could also be prepared for questions or "lessons" you want to discuss if you do decide to let him see it.
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I've thought of that, but we rarely go to movies due the expense, so if we decide a preview is necessary, we'll probably wait until it's out on DVD.

Until now we've been an adamant 'no' on PG-13 movies, but I'm actually considering this one. He's read a Jackie Robinson biography and some of the themes are salient issues for him at the moment.
 
We saw it this weekend (Cheyanne is 12 - 7th grade). The youngest in our group was 10.

Yes, it's about baseball BUT it's very much about the struggles of racism and segregation during those times. I would talk about the subject matter beforehand. The N-word is in just about every scene. There is threatened violence and some "baseball" violence... No sex, other than Chris Meloni with his shirt off in bed. I'd make sure to have an open discussion beforehand and afterwards. Some scenes are definitely uncomfortable. This movie is portrayed as close to the truth of the times as they could make it.

It brings across the significance what Jackie Robinson did for blacks in baseball and also the civil rights movement. He was a very interesting man and every single one of us loved the movie.
 
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