Information for Parents

A Good Year

A Good Year

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Max is greedy and selfish and will walk over anyone to get ahead. People hate him, and he relishes it.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Crazy driving while talking on a cell phone. Max falls into an empty pool and can't get out. Fanny floods it with water while he's in there.
Sex
Romance and flirting between characters, sexual banter, bedroom scene, female characters in tight dresses with cleavage.
Language
Pretty mild: "Hell," "ass," "bullocks."
Consumerism
Sanyo; Max relies heavily on his Treo.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Wine, drinking, and getting drunk figure prominently in the storyline.
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