MovieName: An American Rhapsody
MovieRate: PG-13
ViewerAge: 13+

Adoption Content:

Based on a true story -- an infant is inadvertently left behind when her family escapes Hungary during Communist takeover. The child is raised as their own, to age 6, by loving Hungarian family friends. Then the Red Cross succeeds in retrieving the child and bringing her to America to be reunited with her birth family. The child feels she doesn't belong here and longs to return to the Hungarian family who raised her to age 6. She has a rebellious teenage period. Eventually she returns to Hungary and connects again with her foster parents. In the end, she concludes that she loves her foster parents but that she is now a different person than she was back then; she gains an appreciation for her birth family and decides that's where she belongs.

Tone:

The movie does a good job of portraying the confusing feelings children have as they're torn between different families who love them. In the end, everyone seems to feel resolution.

Comments:

There is a little bit of Hungarian dialogue here and there with English captioning; you need to read quickly, the captioning disappears quickly.

Recommendation:

We thought the movie was very good but strongly advise that parents preview the movie before deciding whether their child is at a stage where they should see it.