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Light from Light | 2019 | NR | – 1.2.1
Why is “Light from Light” rated NR? The MPAA has not rated this film. The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes references to broken relationships, a teen relationship, a kiss on the cheek, an allergic reaction to a wasp sting, discussions of paranormal activity and dealing with grief and being left behind when a loved-one dies, discussions of a plane crash that killed two people and a visit to the crash site, and a brief mention of infidelity. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.”
A woman (Marin Ireland) working at a car rental agency presents herself as a paranormal investigator and takes on the case of a recent widower (Jim Gaffigan) who thinks his dead wife is haunting his house, trying to deliver a last message. Also with Josh Wiggins and Atheena Frizzell. Directed by Paul Harrill. [Running Time: 1:22]
Light from Light SEX/NUDITY 1
– A teen boy and a teen girl (both fully clothed) sleep in a bed together and the boy’s mother wakes the girl and sends her home; the boy later tells his mother, “We were just sleeping.” A teen boy kisses a teen girl on the cheek and they both smile.
► A teenage girl seems to want a teenage boy to ask her to a school dance and he seems reluctant. A teen boy tells a teen girl, “What’s the point of getting together if you know it’s going to end?” A teen boy says of a teen girl, “I don’t want to hurt her.” A teenage boy quizzes his mother about her exes and why she doesn’t stay in touch with them. A man refers to his wife having had an affair.
► A woman wears a low-cut top that reveals cleavage.
Light from Light VIOLENCE/GORE 2
– A teenage girl wheezes and gasps to breathe after having been stung by a wasp; a man injects her with an EpiPen, she breathes more easily and we see her in a hospital recovering.
► While walking through a house alone and in the dark we hear a thud and something shattering in another room; we see that a cable has pulled items off a counter and spilled their contents on the floor. A woman bumps a bookshelf and a book falls on the floor next to her. Pages of a book turn unaided and lights in a room flicker in a few scenes.
► A woman and two teenagers rig a house with cameras and recording devices to see if there is any paranormal activity. A woman walks slowly through a dark house asking if anyone is there and if so, “Let yourself be known.” A woman walks through a room containing the belongings of a woman who is now dead.
► A woman talks about feeling about seeing the ghost of her father shortly after he died and that after she chased him, he disappeared. A woman talks about having a dream where she saw a woman’s sister embrace her at church and then she discovered that the sister had died. A man says that he felt like something unseen had its hand on him. We hear that a man fears imagining things. A man says, “I feel like she’s still here,” referring to his wife who has died. We hear that a woman died in a plane crash with a man. We see a newspaper headline about a private plane crash that killed the pilot and the passenger. A woman says that her father “drank himself to death.”
► We see the wreckage of a plane crash in a mountain. A teen boy sits on a platform with what seems like a gun hanging next to him (it is a paintball gun).
Light from Light LANGUAGE 1
– Name-calling (dumb stoned teenager). | profanity glossary |
Light from Light SUBSTANCE USE
– A man injects a teen girl in the leg with an EpiPen after a wasp sting (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details), a woman makes reference to having “smoked a joint,” and a man asks a woman if she thinks smoking (marijuana) would help during a paranormal process (she says that she quit). A woman says that her father “drank himself to death.”
Light from Light DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Paranormal activity, ghosts, death of a loved one, grief, contemplating suicide, regret, the afterlife, dreams, prophetic dreams, cancer, divorce, stress, abandonment, skepticism, alcoholism, humility, infidelity.
Light from Light MESSAGE
– Anything’s possible. Everything ends.
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