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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780794202873
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 079420287X
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 77 minutes
Sales Rank: 25809
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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This Sundance Festival sensation has attracted attention because of its jarring images of Amish kids immersed in debauchery: plain-dressed girls in white bonnets slugging back beers and flicking ashes from their cigarettes, boys passing out in the back of pickups after all-night parties, even Amish teens in bed together. But like a good drama, it's the characters themselves and their heartbreaking dilemma that linger in the mind. In the Amish vernacular, "Devil's Playground" refers to the "English" or outside world. The protected teens are suddenly thrust into this world upon their 16th birthday as they begin "Rumspringa," a period during which they decide whether to join the church as adults. Crystallizing this predicament is the 73-minute documentary's most compelling figure, 18-year-old Faron, a preacher's son fighting drug addiction. His earnest intent to return to the church and astonishing articulateness makes his misadventures in the drug underworld and penal system undeniably poignant. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I ordered this DVD for my Dad's birthday. It arrived.
Audio only.
I paid for a DVD and got a CD.
What on EARTH????
He's elderly, so I can't go through the drudgery of having him mail it back, etc. I just ordered another. (I first watched this after borrowing it from the library.)
If this one's a Dud, I'm going to start shopping retail the old-school way again.
What happened here? So I'm a recovering Catholic? Is that any way to treat a good customer???
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"Devil's Playground"
Rumspringa
Amos Lassen
The Amish ritual; of Rumspringa (a coming-of-age, "time for decision" for Amish youth when they decide which path they will choose for life) is the subject of the revealing and sensitive "Devil's Playground". We see the youth immersed in debauchery--drinking, smoking, and partying and in bed together. The Amish refer to the outside world as the "devil's playground". Rumspringa usually occurs on the sixteenth birthday ... Read More
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Synopsis: The '02 documentary film `Devil's Playground' is a surprisingly revealing look behind the black hats, beards and bonnets of the Amish enigma as it focuses on five young adults during a transitional period called "rumspringa"( meaning: running around). The Amish believe baptism is only valid when one is old enough to make a rational, mature decision on their own.
Between the ages of sixteen and early to mid-twenties (it varies with the individual) is a time of experimentation when ... Read More
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I suppose that I have a somewhat overidealized appreciation for the Amish, and when I first heard about this documentary I figured it was just a sensationalistic attempt at exploitation. I had no intention of watching it, but a few years later after reading Rumspringa, I finally decided to see what it was all about. I'll admit, the first time it really shocked me, and I considered it to be just what I had expected it to be. I watched it again several times, my feelings about it unchanged; after shelving ... Read More
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OK, I got the funnies out of my system with the review's title and now I'll deal with it seriously and see if I can relate the good and not-so-good aspects of this documentary. I'll likely not write anything that hasn't been written yet, but I'll try to do it succintly.
First the good points.
First, great idea for a documentary! Who doesn't find the Amish mysterious? What do we, who don't live near Amish communities, know about them other than maybe we saw the movie "Witness" ... Read More
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