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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: January 1st, 2015
Rated • Running Time: 1:32
Mermaids hunting for flesh in Warsaw become strippers in a disco club, in this whacked-out horror musical from Poland. Subtitled; 92 minutes. (SPM)
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2.
Release Date: December 25th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 2:04
Stephen Sondheim's musical of fractured fairy tales gets a lush movie treatment, with a strong cast led by Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Anna Kendrick. 124 minutes. (SPM)
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3.
Release Date: December 19th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:37
The franchise's third, and seemingly final, chapter has Larry (Ben Stiller) and the living artifacts going to London. Some humor, but plenty of dry spots. 97 minutes. (SPM)
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4.
Release Date: December 19th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:37
The franchise's third, and seemingly final, chapter has Larry (Ben Stiller) and the living artifacts going to London. Some humor, but plenty of dry spots. 97 minutes.
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5.
Release Date: December 19th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:33
A luminous animated tale, a modern take on Irish folklore, about a girl who discovers she's a selkie - a seal turned human. 93 minutes. (SPM)
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6.
Release Date: December 12th, 2014
Rated R • Running Time: 2:28
Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's detective noir novel, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a stoned private eye, is a trippy, funny thriller. 148 minutes.
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7.
Release Date: December 12th, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 2:22
Ridley Scott's depiction of Moses (Christian Bale) freeing the Hebrews from the pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton) is visually stunning but a dramatic mess. 144 minutes. (SPM)
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8.
Release Date: November 26th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:32
The flightless super-spies are back in action, taking on a ruthless octopus (voiced by John Malkovich) in this fast and funny animated adventure. 92 minutes. (SPM)
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9.
Release Date: November 21st, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 2:03
The series' penultimate installment, as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) reluctantly becomes the rebellion leader, generates lots of action but leaving us hanging. 123 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 14th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:20
Windbag Kirk Cameron gives a lengthy lecture on the Christian underpinnings of Christmas traditions. Only for the faithful. 79 minutes. (SPM)
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11.
Release Date: November 14th, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:47
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels return as dimbulbs Lloyd and Harry, getting into more trouble in this scattershot sequel to the 1994 original. 110 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 7th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:45
A teen robotics genius befriends his brother's EMT robot, and upgrades it to fighting mode, in this colorful animated take on a Marvel comic title. 108 minutes. (SPM)
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13.
Release Date: November 7th, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:32
Writer-director Rob Diamond plays an indulgent father in this hackneyed modern telling of the biblical parable. Filmed in Utah. 92 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: November 7th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:35
A follow-up to Bruce Brown's 1971 documentary, looking at the rise of the international sport of motorcycle racing. 90 minutes.
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Release Date: November 7th, 2014
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:45
A teen robotics genius befriends his brother's EMT robot, and upgrades it to fighting mode, in this colorful animated take on a Marvel comic title. 108 minutes. (SPM)
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16.
Release Date: November 5th, 2014
Running Time: 3:00
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes his cameras inside Britain's National Gallery, to watch the care of the artwork there. 180 minutes.
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Release Date: November 5th, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 2:49
Christopher Nolan's sweeping space epic, aboard a spaceship sent to find a replacement for a ravaged Earth, has stunning visuals and a familiar story. 169 minutes. (SPM)
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18.
Release Date: October 24th, 2014
High-school friends try to reach spirits of the dead in this dumb and cliche-ridden horror movie based on the board game. 89 minutes. (SPM)
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19.
Release Date: October 24th, 2014
Rated G
Filmmaker Judy Irving looks at the California brown pelican, both in the wild and captivity, in an interesting but overlong documentary. 80 minutes. (SPM)
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Release Date: October 24th, 2014
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:38
A high-school football star (Matt Hapka) goes blind, and relies on his family and faith to carry on, in this thoughtful drama. 98 minutes. (SPM)
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