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A religious widow (Ellen Burstyn) befriends a troubled teen
(Jonathan Taylor Thomas) who escapes from a local juvenile rehabilitation center. Also
with Pat Corley, Mark Hamill, Edward Herrmann, Dana Ivey, Harve Presnell, Gwen Verdon,
Patrick David, Jeff Kaiser, James Coleman III, Gail O'Grady and Judge Reinhold. [1:40]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A little sexual innuendo. We see a boy wearing boxers and a
boy's chest, back and arms when he's bathing in a tub.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Boys wrestle on the ground and tackle and punch each
other; also, one is pushed against a beam, one is thrown on a table, one pushes his thumbs
into the other's eyes, and one scratches the other's cheek with a sharp object, resulting
in a bloody cut (the other boy has a bloody nose). A boy holds a pillow over another's
face for awhile. A man hangs off the side of a roof when the ladder he's standing on
breaks; he eventually falls onto some cushions below (he gets a back spasm but is
otherwise unharmed). A woman holding a gun slips on a wet floor, falls on her back and
fires a shot into the ceiling (she's not injured). A woman pushes a boy who can't swim
into a lake then tells him how to swim; he struggles and panics at first, but he keeps
himself afloat. A woman falls out of a boat and sinks but then resurfaces and is fine. A
woman somewhat-playfully slaps a boy's back, a boy drives a car through a sign and nearly
hits another car, and a boy grabs some cake and a drink out of another's hands. In a
somewhat-comical scene, a woman falls through a chair without a cushion and gets stuck;
she's eventually cut out from the chair. Boys climb a fence with barbed wire on top;
later, we see one of the boys with a bandage around his arm. In two scenes we see a boy
holding a knife; it's implied that he's going to stab another boy with it, but nothing
ever happens. Guards force a boy to take off his shirt and then touch his toes; they
presumably beat him, though we don't see anything violent happen.
PROFANITY 4 - Mostly spoken by a boy. A few anatomical references, many
scatological references, lots of mild obscenities and some insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Juvenile rehabilitation centers, religious faith, practicing
what is preached, helping others, difficult childhoods, theft, teen smoking, friendship,
aging, getting (and giving someone) a second chance.
MESSAGE - We should help those less fortunate, even if it's inconvenient or
challenging.
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