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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165742846
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 149134
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 1994
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Incredible Life Affirming Film
Treat yourself to a rare and wonderful entertainment, beautifully acted with heart, humor, and style. This movie evokes pity, compassion, and is emotionally moving. I give this film two thumbs and eight fingers up. The film is set in Stockholm during the 1930s. The following is an edited plot synopsis from the sleeve of the VHS box.
*Roland is twelve-years-old. His mother is a Russian Jew, his father is a Swedish Socialist, and his brother is a boxer. He lives in a society that considers his ... Read More
Rating:  - Actually about 3.8 - 5 for content, 3 for overall quality.
The director makes an admirable stab at merging complex issues with human interest. The well-trodden theme of Jews in an unfriendly setting is included in a manner that is refreshingly subtle and unsentimental - especially when contrasted with Spielberg's "Schindler's List" overkill - but then, the latter aimed at Americans with short memories and/or a long trip down "De Nile." As noted by another reviewer, the treatment of political issues is educational and significant. To make a long review short, ... Read More
Rating: - more than just boys growing up
The Slingshot brings together a number of very interesting themes and issues. Its particularly unusual to see a depiction of committed socialist activists that does not paint them as evil incarnate, but rather as normal folks. Because we in the US are so uncritically anti-socialist (in any form and any context, even historically), we miss out on a very vibrant part of European AND American cultural history. The movie hilariously contrasts the boy's party-line parents with his own hyper-capitalist ... Read More
Rating: - Haunting story of innocent boy surrounded by prejudice.
I enjoy renting foreign movies. They are very different than the ones produced in the USA. This story was almost tragic as we see the young innocent boy in this story being harrassed by his schoolmates and misunderstood by all those around him. Good acting -- I liked the good guys and hated the bad guys in this. If you like movies about boys growing up and learning about the world, you will love this one.
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