LISTINGS
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: June 3rd, 2005
Rated G • Running Time: 1:23
A haphazard nature documentary that shows the struggles of undersea life.
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated G • Running Time: 0:40
Director-cinematographer Howard Hall captures some gorgeous footage of oceanic life in this IMAX documentary.
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Release Date: August 24th, 2007
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:33
The case of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur who entered an around-the-world sailing race in 1968, is explored in this engrossing documentary. 93 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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4.
Release Date: August 8th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:31
A documentary chronicling director James Cameron's diving expeditions in the deepest part of the Pacific. 90 minutes.
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Release Date: December 12th, 2008
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:30
Romance sparks between members of warring factions in a magical land, in this tepidly paced and shoddily made computer-animated adventure. 93 minutes (SPM)
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Release Date: November 11th, 2005
Rated R • Running Time: 1:50
Jennifer Aniston as a femme fatale? That's not as hard to swallow as some things in this thriller.
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Release Date: July 3rd, 2013
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:38
Ex-supervillain Gru (voice of Steve Carell) is pressed into tracking down another bad guy, in a dull sequel in which the funny Minions take over. 98 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:30
Ex-supervillain Gru meets his long-lost twin (both voiced by Steve Carell) in this lackluster installment in the animated franchise. 90 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 1st, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:53
Naomi Watts' portrayal of Diana, the Princess of Wales, is the only positive note in this dull soap opera about her romance with a doctor (Naveen Andrews). 113 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: August 3rd, 2012
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:34
Neurotic middle-schooler Greg (Zachary Gordon) is still trying to lie his way out of embarrassment in this shrill third installment. 94 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 30th, -0001
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:30
Seventh-grader Greg (Jason Drucker) endures his family road-trip vacation, in this dumb and laugh-free grossout for kids. 91 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: January 10th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:48
Two boys, one with muscular dystrophy, become friends in the 1960s, in this earnest but sometimes clunky faith-based drama. 107 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: January 1st, 1999
Running Time: 1:57
The discovery of the largest T. rex specimen ever, and the legal and government battle that ensued, is chronicled in this eye-opening documentary. 95 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 6th, 2009
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:36
State-of-the-art technology may produce dazzling computer animation, but it doesn't make for a more moving adaptation of the Dickens classic. 96 minutes. (VH)
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Release Date: November 4th, 2016
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:55
A surgeon (Benedict Cumberbatch) learns the mystic arts, in a trippy, surreal and action-packed addition to the Marvel universe. 110 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: September 1st, 2017
Running Time: 1:35
An absorbing, thoughtful and vibrant documentary that profiles the tireless activist and labor icon Dolores Huerta.
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Release Date: September 23rd, 2011
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:52
The real story of an amputated dolphin, and the humans trying to build her a prosthetic tail, is drowned out with cliches in this family film. 113 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: September 12th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:47
The pleasant continuing adventures of Winter, the dolphin with a prosthetic tale, and the teens (Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff) caring for her. 107 minutes. (SPM)
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19.
Release Date: March 8th, 2013
Running Time: 1:45
The story of Arnel Pineda, a Manila singer picked to join megaband Journey, is ineptly told in this fan-friendly valentine. Partly subtitled; 105 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: March 14th, 2008
Rated G • Running Time: 1:28
The wit and warmth of Seuss' trusty elephant, protecting the microscopic Whos of Whoville, is well rendered in this computer-animated tale. 88 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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