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
Now Playing in Theaters
1.
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)
Tribune Rating
3.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
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)
Tribune Rating
2 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
3.
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)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
Out of Theaters
4.
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)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
5.
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)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
6.
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)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
7.
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)
Tribune Rating
1 star
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
8.
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)
Tribune Rating
2.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
9.
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)
Tribune Rating
no rating
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no rating
S
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L
10.
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)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
11.
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)
Tribune Rating
3.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
12.
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)
Tribune Rating
2 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
13.
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)
Tribune Rating
4 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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14.
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)
Tribune Rating
2.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
15.
Release Date: March 29th, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:35
Six former leaders of Shin Bet, Israel's secret police, talk candidly about terrorism and the Palestinians' right to a state in this engrossing documentary. Subtitled; 97 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
3.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
16.
Release Date: March 22nd, 2013
Rated PG • Running Time: 1:38
A caveman family starts marching toward uncertain survival in this by-the-numbers computer-animated adventure. 98 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
2 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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17.
Release Date: March 22nd, 2013
Rated R • Running Time: 1:49
A delivery driver (Patrick Huard) learns that his long-ago sperm donations have created 533 children, in this gently charming comic farce. 109 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
3 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
18.
Release Date: March 22nd, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:57
Tina Fey shines in this warm and witty comedy-drama, as a Princeton admissions officer who encounters an unusual applicant. Paul Rudd co-stars. 117 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
3.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
19.
Release Date: March 22nd, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:38
Aboriginal sisters form a girl group in 1968 and tour Vietnam war zones in this scattershot comedy-drama. Chris O'Dowd ("Bridesmaids") plays the group's manager. 103 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
2 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
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L
20.
Release Date: March 15th, 2013
Rated PG-13 • Running Time: 1:29
London teens (Elle Fanning, Alice Englert) deal with life-changing events in Sally Potter's thoughtful drama, set during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 90 minutes. (SPM)
Tribune Rating
3.5 stars
Avg User Rating
no rating
S
V
L
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