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The
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Title: Ice Princess
Rating: G
Overall
rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Best for Ages: 7+
Ages 3 - 7: Red
Ages 8 - 12: Green
Ages 13 - 17: Green
Violence Amount: Green
Violence Portrayal: Green
Fear: Green
Illegal / Harmful: Green
Language: Green
Nudity: Green
Sex: Green
Review:
Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg), a brainy teen-ager, decides
to do a summer physics project on figure skating to enhance
her college applications. Her mother (Joan Cusack) hoping
it will help her get into Harvard, encourages her. Three skaters
train in her town and Casey is soon drawn into their lives
and passion for skating. The figure skating coach, Tina (Kim
Cantrell) is a former Olympic skater who never accomplished
her dream and is training her daughter, Gen (Hayden Panetierre),
to follow in her footsteps. Casey's and Gen's mothers are
pushing their daughters, but in different directions and are
not considering what their girls might really want to do.
All the girls become friends and help each other out. The
relationships of the four skaters are refreshing because there
is no backbiting and nastiness as one might expect. The girls
cheer one another on and are loyal and supportive. Casey's
mother knows nothing about Casey's entry into skating and
when she finds out she is furious. She thinks Casey is wasting
her time and her brains. Gen, on the other hand, wants to
quit skating and live a normal life, much to her mother's
disappointment. There are some good lessons to be learned
in this movie and they are presented in an entertaining manner.
There are also several strong female characters. What are
your child's passions? Does she feel that you push her in
one particular direction? How can you work together to discover
and realize her passions?
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Linda Thomas is a native Minnesotan.
She graduated from the University of Minnesota
with a double major in sociology and psychology.
Married with a family, she has remained in the
Minneapolis area.
Linda has been a lover of movies
since she was a small child. This love of film
eventually brought her to the point in life where
she is now, a film critic. She was featured on
WCCO radio for three years on the “Dark in
the Morning” show with Dark Star.
In December of 2001, Linda became
the film critic for the syndicated “Ruth
Koscielak Show”.
Linda sees over 150 movies a
year and has had the opportunity to interview
a number of directors and actors when they are
in town. She has also appeared on a public access
show called the "Cinema Judge" and has
ventured into writing for "Cinestar"
magazine in September 2002. The Twin Cities movie
magazine is available, for free, at most local
Blockbuster's and local movie cheaters.
Her website is: www.lindathomasmovies.com
As one of the few female reviewers in the Twin
Cities area, she brings a unique point of view
to her reviews. Linda has raised two children,
a boy and a girl, and knows what they like in
movies and what is appropriate. Hopefully, her
reviews will help your family in choosing where
to next spend your movie-going dollar.
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