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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: December 5th, 2007
Running Time: 1:24
Jennifer Venditti's slice-of-life documentary gives a touching portrait of a 15-year-old Maine boy dealing with life and first love. 85 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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2.
Release Date: March 5th, 2008
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:44
A blind American climber leads six blind Tibetan students on an expedition in the Himalayas in this engrossing documentary. 104 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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3.
Release Date: February 26th, 2010
Running Time: 1:26
This funny but disorganized documentary follows rock star Maynard James Keenan as he develops a winery in northern Arizona. 100 minutes. (SPM)
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4.
Release Date: November 15th, 2008
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:36
Disney's new computer-animated tale - of a TV-star dog (voiced by John Travolta) who doesn't know his superpowers are fake - is funny and charming. 96 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 15th, 2008
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:36
Disney's new computer-animated tale - of a TV-star dog (voiced by John Travolta) who doesn't know his superpowers are fake - is funny and charming. 96 minutes. (SPM)
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6.
Release Date: February 29th, 2008
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:44
Three women (Jessica Lange, Joan Allen, Kathy Bates) drive from Idaho to California in this sweet and sentimental road movie. Filmed partly in Utah. 93 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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7.
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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8.
Release Date: February 16th, 2007
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:35
Two misfit kids create a fantasy world in this rich and sometimes dark adaptation of Katherine Paterson's acclaimed children's novel. 95 minutes. (C.K.)
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Release Date: September 11th, 2009
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:45
An Aussie teen (Luke Arnold) follows his musical dreams by training a prison band in this predictable but charming drama. 96 minutes.
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10.
Release Date: December 15th, 2006
Rated G • Running Time: 1:53
New technology and old-fashioned storytelling enrich this adaptation of the E.B. White classic about a pig and a spider (voiced by Julia Roberts). 97 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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11.
Release Date: April 27th, 2012
Rated R • Running Time: 2:02
Ralph Fiennes makes an assured directorial debut in this modern Shakespearean adaptation, playing the haughty Roman general betrayed by his people. 122 minutes. (SPM)
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12.
Release Date: November 2nd, 2007
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:38
An uplifting documentary that details the plight of thousands killed and displaced in Darfur through stories of six people working to help. 92 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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13.
Release Date: November 12th, 2010
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:28
Danish writer Bjorn Lomborg, who riles up environmentalists by disagreeing what should be done about global warming, is profiled in this interesting documentary. 88 minutes. (SPM)
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14.
Release Date: February 6th, 2009
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:40
Neil Gaiman's dark fairy tale, of a girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who finds an alternate world, is stunningly rendered in stop-motion by director Henry Selick. 100 minutes (S.P.M.).
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Release Date: February 6th, 2009
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:40
Neil Gaiman's dark fairy tale, of a girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who finds an alternate world too good to be true, is stunningly rendered in stop-motion by director Henry Selick. 100 minutes...
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16.
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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17.
Release Date: October 21st, 2005
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:38
A father (Kurt Russell) and daughter (Dakota Fanning) help an injured horse return to racing.
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18.
Release Date: January 1st, 1999
Rated • Running Time: 1:41
Utah Valley University students comprise most of the cast and crew of this exuberant and well-staged modern-dress version of Shakespeare's tragic romance. 101 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 21st, 2007
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:47
Amy Adams shines as a fairy-tale princess who falls from her animated world into live-action New York, in this flawed but fun comedy. 107 minutes. (S.P.M.)
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Release Date: February 3rd, 2012
Rated PG • Running Time: 2:03
A reporter (John Krasinski) and an activist (Drew Barrymore) get involved in rescuing ice-trapped whales in this family-friendly film. 104 minutes.
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