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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
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Release Date: January 1st, 1970
Rated R • Running Time: 1:57
The four Scottish thugs are brought together in middle age, still nursing grudges and demons, in this follow-up to the 1996 neo-classic.
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 2:12
Steven Spielberg's 1977 science-fiction classic, about aliens visiting Earth, returns in a digitally remastered version for its 40th anniversary. 137 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Running Time: 1:44
A soldier wounded in Afghanistan questions why his life was spared when his comrade was killed, in a drama made by Brigham Young University students. 81 minutes.
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:37
Santa's son (voiced by James McAvoy) gets a chance to prove himself, and save a girl's Christmas, in this bright and funny computer-animated comedy. 97 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG
A Jewish woman (Robyn Cohen) hires an actor (Tony Daly) to portray her fictional boyfriend in this woefully amateurish comedy, filmed partly in Utah. 98 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated G • Running Time: 1:24
Disney's 1991 classic, a tuneful account of the fairy tale, is back and as good as ever. 84 minutes (plus a 5-minute short, "Tangled Ever After").
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:31
Monsters get their own human-free hotel in this animated comedy, in which Adam Sandler (as the voice of Dracula) isn't as funny as he thinks. 91 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:29
The blue creatures discover something in the Forbidden Forest, in this tedious return to the animated franchise. 90 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:36
A klutzy E.T. (voiced by Jim Parsons) and a human girl (voiced by Rihanna) join forces during an alien invasion in this funny animated tale. 94 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:32
The high-haired toy creatures get their own movie, a witty twist on fairy-tale traditions featuring the singing talents of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake. 92 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:40
Pixar's latest is a rousing adventure involving a teen Scottish princess (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) that only shrinks in comparison to Pixar's best. 100 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated G • Running Time: 1:33
The makers of "Ice Age" transfer Charlie Brown and pals to 3-D computer animation, but keep the gentle spirit of Charles M. Schulz's creations intact. 92 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:29
The monsters are back, with Drac (voiced by Adam Sandler) dealing with being a grandfather, in this animated sequel. 89 minutes.
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:35
A love triangle plays out on Mexico's Day of the Dead in this colorful, fast-paced and fun computer-animated tale 95 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:45
Pixar returns to the undersea world of "Finding Nemo" in this charming sequel, as forgetful Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) searches for her parents. 97 minutes, plus a short. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:37
A foul-tempered fowl (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) suspects visiting pigs of malicious intent in this ill-conceived animated movie based on the mobile game. 98 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Running Time: 1:47
The children’s book, about a bull (voiced by John Cena) who doesn’t want to fight, becomes a sprightly, slapsticky animated tale full of laughs. 106 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:53
Disney’s latest, about an island princess (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) who sails to save her home, is vibrantly colorful, charming and tuneful. 104 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:44
A subterranean creature takes over the workings of a pick-up truck, and befriends its teen owner (Lucas Till), in this live-action/animated hybrid. 104 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:34
The mammoths and other prehistoric creatures face death from a meteor, in this tired fifth installment of the animated franchise. 94 minutes. (SPM)
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