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Into the West
Summary: Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.
Release Date: September 17, 1993
Director:
Mike Newell
Runtime: 1 h 37 min
MPAA: PG
Language: English
Domestic: $ 4,790,801
International: $ 228
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IMDb Ratinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104522/parentalguidelast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
Commonsensemedia Ratinghttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/into-the-westlast updated: 2024-10-26Update data | |
| Message | Facing and dealing with loss instead of hiding from it is the big lesson here. The importance of belonging and family is also expressed. |
| Role model | At first Papa is an alcoholic who drinks his troubles away and ignores his kids, but once he starts to deal with the loss of his wife he makes a significant turnaround. The two brothers skip school for months, try to hitchhike, go on the run, and steal from a movie theater, yet Tito looks out for his younger brother Ossie and puts on a brave face despite the danger they're in. |
| Violence | A near-drowning of a major character. Ossie finds out that his mother died giving birth to him and both boys talk about the loss often. The white horse jumps over a fire and other obstacles with young boys on his back. He also kicks through an apartment wall when cornered by police who threaten to shoot him and hides from a pack of dogs on a fox hunt. Papa threatens someone teetering over a balcony and bloodies a man's face with a log. |
| Language | Pretty frequent use of language like "ass," "hell," "dammit," "bastard," and Irish slang like "bugger." Also phrases like "Holy mother of divine God" and "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph." Tito gives a man the finger. Plus hateful language toward the travelers. |
| Drugs | Papa is often shown drinking or recovering from a night of drinking while smoking heavily. One boy advises another, "When your dad goes to the welfare office go with him or he'll drink it all." Another boy yells down the street, "Your father is a wino!" |
Dove Ratinghttps://dove.org/review/8869-into-the-west/ | |
| Faith | None |
| Sex | None |
| Language | G-2; J-4; A-1; H-2; D-1 |
| Violence | Fight and chase scenes; some blood from fights, but not graphic. |
| Drugs | Alcohol use is implied by one of the characters where empty bottles are seen. |
| Nudity | None |
| Other | Parental disobedience with consequence; abuse of alcohol with consequences; fantasy magic. |