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Parents Guide
To assist parents and children in choosing age-appropriate movies, The Salt Lake Tribune presents this parent's movie guide of the sexual content, violence and profane language in current movies. Each category is rated on a scale from 1-to-5, with 1 being the mildest and 5 the most adult-oriented.
S = Sexual content
(including nudity)
V = Violence
(including Chuck Norris's fists)
L = Language
(including crude dialog and drug reference)
Rating = Motion Picture Association of America rating
1.
Release Date: May 31st, 2013
Rated PG
Utah director T.C. Christensen profiles Ephraim Hanks (Darin Southam), who led a rescue of Mormon pioneers in 1856, in this slow-moving inspirational drama. 93 minutes. (SPM)
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2.
Release Date: May 24th, 2013
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:42
A teen (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) is shrunk down to discover a forest's hidden battle between life and decay, in this pretty but dull animated adventure. 102 minutes. (SPM)
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3.
Release Date: May 24th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:45
A farmer (Dennis Quaid) battles his son (Zac Efron) as economic forces threaten the family farm in this emotionally raw and well-acted drama. 105 minutes. (SPM)
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4.
Release Date: May 17th, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:48
Actress/filmmaker Sarah Polley digs up family secrets, and twists our view of the truth, in this genre-stretching documentary. 108 minutes. (SPM)
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5.
Release Date: May 17th, 2013
Running Time: 1:41
A Scottish parolee (Paul Brannigan) discovers a gift for whiskey-tasting, and hatches a plot to steal some rare spirits, in this droll comedy. Subtitled; 101 minutes. (SPM)
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6.
Release Date: May 17th, 2013
Running Time: 1:38
This documentary gives a thoughtful, if occasionally soft-focused, look at a '70s California cult and its larger-than-life leader. 98 minutes. (SPM)
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7.
Release Date: May 10th, 2013
Running Time: 1:30
A couple (Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who wrote it) discovers a penchant for murder on their first vacation together, in this grim and too-dry comedy. 88 minutes. (SPM)
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8.
Release Date: May 5th, 2013
Running Time: 1:13
Director Roberta Grossman explores the history and cultural evolution of the Jewish folk song in this lively documentary. 75 minutes. (SPM)
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9.
Release Date: May 3rd, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 2:15
Robert Downey Jr. returns as billionaire-turned-superhero Tony Stark, battling a terrorist (Ben Kingsley) and demons in this sharply written sequel. 130 minutes. (SPM)
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10.
Release Date: May 3rd, 2013
Running Time: 2:02
French students get caught up in political and sexual revolution in director Olivier Assayas' energetic semi-autobiographical drama. Subtitled; 122 minutes. (SPM)
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11.
Release Date: April 26th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:29
A divorced couple (Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) must fake being married for their son's wedding in this forced and humorless farce. 90 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: April 26th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:41
Gina Rodriguez' fiery performance, as a Latina trying to make her name as a rap star, is better than the melodramatic story in this drama. 80 minutes. (SPM)
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13.
Release Date: April 26th, 2013
Running Time: 1:30
Michael Bay treats a grisly real-life crime, about bodybuilders (led by Mark Wahlberg) in a kidnap plot, as nutty comedy in this loud, reprehensible film. 130 minutes. (SPM)
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14.
Release Date: April 26th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 2:05
Robert Redford directs and stars in this thoughtful drama, as a former Weather Underground radical on the run and trying to clear his name. 121 minutes. (SPM)
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15.
Release Date: April 26th, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:58
The voyage of Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen), who led a balsa-wood raft across the Pacific in 1947, is recreated in fascinating detail in this absorbing drama.
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Release Date: April 19th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:45
A teen (Ernst Umhauer) insinuates himself in a classmate's family, and shares the info with his teacher (Fabrice Lucchini) in this tense French thriller. Subtitled; 105 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: April 12th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:55
The perils of technology are played out in this heavy-handed ensemble drama. Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard, Paula Patton and Andrea Riseborough star. 115 minutes. (SPM)
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18.
Release Date: April 5th, 2013
Running Time: 1:36
Filmmaker Shane Carruth's surreal drama, about two people (Carruth and Amy Seimetz) connected by a mysterious organism, is fascinating and beautiful. 96 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: April 5th, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:41
An art auctioneer (James McAvoy) gets caught up in a heist and hypnosis in director Danny Boyle's stylish but ridiculously convoluted thriller. 101 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: March 29th, 2013
Running Time: 1:44
Film fanatics discuss their wild theories of hidden meanings of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" in this engrossing, loopy documentary. 102 minutes. (SPM)
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