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Film · United Artists · 1926

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The Son of the Sheik

16Leave it.

Adults only, and only if you will say this romance is an abduction.

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The review

Valentino died the year of this hit, and the crowd had come because it was him. I can be sorry about that and still refuse the picture. The son of the sheik believes a dancing girl betrayed him and takes her. The film again calls an abduction a romance. United Artists, 1926. Adult. Not a family film. I won't describe the assault.

This is for adults who will not get romantic about a taking. A believed betrayal is not a permit, and the film hands him one. What people carried out, besides the news that he was gone, was another story that names an abduction love. If the week turns into a memorial, say that before the tribute gets going.

Journal

Keep The Son of the Sheik in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 16. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Kissing Booth 3

28 instead of 16

The Kissing Booth 3 is still a romance film, and it scores 28 instead of 16. What you gain is household: A friendship and a father are in the frame.

The eight

3
Industry
She is a dancing girl; his answer to betrayal is to take her.
2
Household
The son takes a dancer, and the film again calls that romance.
1
Piety
A believed betrayal does not meet a conscience that stops him.
1
Courage
Taking her is not bravery; the film dresses the abduction as love.
1
Republic
He takes her, and the film calls that taking a romance.
1
Temperance
Jealousy drives him, and you are trained to want the taking.
2
Truth
He believes she betrayed him; calling the taking romance is the lie.
2
Stewardship
They came for him, he died that year, and the romance is a taking.

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Film · 20th Century · 1975

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

16Leave it.

Funny if you already live in the costume. Not for kids, and not a little church.

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The review

People dressed for it. A newly engaged couple breaks down and enters a castle where a scientist from another planet is building a man. The songs became a midnight ritual. The joke is innocence walking into appetite and staying. If you are already inside that joke, it is funny. It is adult, and it is not for children.

They arrived engaged. The night does not hand that back. Staying is the punchline. I would not play this where a kid can hear the songs and decide the castle is the more interesting life. A ritual you dress up for is still a ritual, and this one is organized around wanting, not around getting anybody home.