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The Black Balloon (2008)

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Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in.

Mar 08,2008

Hollywood Movies | Drama

Ratings: 6.8 / 10 from

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Length: 97 Minute(s)
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
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Movie Parental Guide

nudity An autistic child is implied to be masturbating to an attractive girl across from him at the dinner table. A character is amused by a wooden figure with a bobbling phallus. A brief shot of Charlie's feaces-covered rear end is shown. A character briefly breast feeds her newborn child. No nudity is depicted. Some boys tease some kids with disabilities, one which lifts his top up and a girl with a disability does the same. No nudity is seen, just her bra. A dad lays on the bed in his top and underwear and starts talking to his wife about how he wants sex. Two boys run into a bathroom while a girl is having a shower. She partially opens the shower door, screams and then slams it again. No nudity is seen. Two boys and a girl go swimming in their underwear. Two boys run down the street in their underwear. A boy shoves a girls unused tampon in his mouth. Two characters kiss several times throughout the film
violence A fight breaks out between two characters. The violence is quite mild and no blood is depicted, though their injuries can be seen in subsequent scenes. One character is pushed and shoved by bullies.
profanity Contains occasional use of "fuck". Also contains use of milder terms, such as "shit", "bitch", "pin dick" etc.
alcohol Some characters consume alcohol and/or medication throughout the film.
frightening Theme of disability (i.e. autism) and the impact that it has on a family may be confusing or upsetting for younger viewers. There is an intense fighting scene between two main characters towards the end of the film. A scene approx. halfway through the film when a disabled character become distressed and school students are teasing him is quite intense

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