The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The arrest, trial, flogging and crucifixion is shown in painfully bloody detail. Brief flashbacks to Christ’s earlier life set the context.
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Rated PG Our content rating: V-2; L-4; S/N-4. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. Psalm 22:6-7 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders…. Colossians 4:5a Blessed are you who hunger …
Mr. 3000 (2004)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1; L-3 ; S/N-1 For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down. Psalm 18:27 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests …
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Rated R Our ratings: V-2 ; L-5 ; S/N-2 (Note: The last paragraph and the questions contain spoilers, so stop if you have not seen the film.) O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have covered my head in the day of battle. Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do …
Mean Girls (2004)
Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-2; L-3; S/N-5. But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. 1 Samuel …
De-Lovely (2004)
Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-1; L-2; S-4/N-0. I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens. As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, …
Kinsey (2004)
Rated R. Our ratings: V-1; L-5; S-5/N-7 Are you old enough to remember all the controversy in 1959 over the word used in the courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Murder? Some people were almost as aghast over its use as when Clark Gable’s Rhett Butler uttered the forbidden “d” word to Scarlett. The word was …
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-3; L-1; S/N-1. Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good. Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! Make …
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 4; L-3 ; S/N-1 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all; yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, young man, while …
The Polar Express (2004)
Rated G Our rating: V-1; L-1; S/N-1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:2 Polar Express When the Star Wars Special Edition was released in 1997, I remember looking at some of the new computer-generated scenes thinking, “Well, they’ve got these effects …