Information for Parents

Finding You

Finding You

Common Sense Media Age 10

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Title implies finding love, but movie is more about finding yourself in unexpected places with unexpected people. Dig deeper rather than make snap judgments about people's outward behavior. Gently delivered faith-based message that you're not alone; God is watching over you. Themes include integrity. Explores some of the unpleasant reality behind management of child actors and their lack of agency over their own lives.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Some pretend blood in a clearly fake movie-making environment.
Sex
Primary story and subplot are about romance. A couple of kisses. Photo of shirtless man.
Language
Language includes "helluva," as well as U.K. slang such as "shite" and "wanker."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Mixed messages about drinking: photos of a main character drinking and partying that lend to an image of desirability. An elderly musician is frequently drunk but is highly respected in the community. Several scenes take place in a pub. A man is said to have drunk himself to death.
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