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Henry Poole Is Here

Henry Poole Is Here

Common Sense Media Age 13

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
A man who is clearly an alcoholic seems hell-bent on performing a slow suicide by indulging in destructive behavior. He's also anti-social. But he goes through a change, fueled in part by his kindly new neighbors, and he opens his heart in the end.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Hints of a child's troubled childhood; a man on the edge knocks down an entire house by hacking at it with an axe; discussions about a child witnessing horrible fights between her now-divorced parents.
Sex
A kiss between two adults who are falling in love.
Language
"Jerk" and "damn," and one use of "holy s--t."
Consumerism
Labels and signage for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Super Bueno Market, liquor, etc.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Lots of drinking -- the main character, who is terminally ill and careless about life, drinks vodka and other liquor throughout the day as if it's water.
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