The love of the parental figures for Jordan is well developed and expressed.
We also found a few comments from our fellow movie-goers to be distracting, as they appreciated the physique of the actors.Īs a story, this is stirring and emotional. The sex scene itself is abbreviated but the small amounts of nudity are enough to make a parent blush sitting next to young teens or tweens. A few, small, glaring moments did make us uncomfortable as the stars were in bed together in several scenes and the discussion turned sexual.
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Our family saw this film together, and we were able to talk about some deep themes and appreciate the emotion the movie brought to the surface. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Families can discuss the importance of communication, empathy, and perseverance, the enduring legacy of lost loved ones, and how letters and journals can keep a person's beliefs alive. Occasional strong language includes "s-t," "bitch," "wigger," and more. While the film's director and leads are Black, Dana's life centers around White best friends, and the issue of colorism is explored: Light-skinned Jordan's Blackness is disputed (or ridiculed) by classmates. There are also several scenes of Dana and Charles flirting, kissing, and eventually making love (his bare butt and both of their bare shoulders and sides are visible). Expect depictions of military violence - an explosion kills Charles and severely injures others in his unit - as well as footage from 9/11 of the planes hitting the Twin Towers. Jordan), who, while deployed post-9/11, wrote in a special journal for their unborn and then-baby son, Jordan. It tells the story of her late partner, U.S. Parents need to know that A Journal for Jordan is director Denzel Washington's adaptation of former New York Times editor Dana Canedy's ( Chanté Adams) memoir.
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