ShareThisA guide to movies from a family perspective:"The Women"-- Rated: PG-13.-- Suitable for: Tweens and above.-- What you should know: This remake of the 1939 George Cukor-directed movie stars Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith and Debra Messing. Ryan plays a wife and mother who learns that her husband is having an affair, and the news puts her female friendships to the test.-- Language: A couple of uses of profanity (with "God" attached) and a smattering of vulgarities.-- Sexual situations and nudity: A girl asks about her mother's diaphragm, a woman briefly recalls her first sexual experience and a reference is made to oral sex. The core characters include a lesbian and a woman having an affair with a married man. Women try on sexy lingerie.-- Violence/scary situations: None.-- Drug or alcohol use: Women drink champagne or wine, and two briefly share a joint."Traitor"-- Rated: PG-13.-- Suitable for: Mature teens and older.-- What you should know: This is a spy thriller starring Don Cheadle as a devout Muslim with a web of connections to terrorist organizations. Guy Pearce and Neal McDonough are FBI agents on his trail through the Middle East, Europe and North America.-- Language: One f-word and a smattering of other vulgarities.-- Sexual situations and nudity: None.-- Violence/scary situations: Lots, including deadly explosions and shootings, along with beatings, a prison break and terrorist plots planned and sometimes executed.-- Drug or alcohol use: Adults briefly are shown drinking champagne."The Rocker"-- Rated: PG-13.-- Suitable for: Tweens and older.-- What you should know: Rainn Wilson ("The Office") stars in this comedy as the former drummer for a heavy-metal band. He was kicked out just before the group struck it rich and spends the next 20 years seething, until his nephew invites him to join his band of high-school students.-- Language: Mild vulgarities and some crude sexual come-ons.-- Sexual situations and nudity: Wilson's naked behind is on display, some sexual references made and a couple of kisses exchanged.-- Violence/scary situations: All played for laughs, as Wilson propels himself onto a van, bangs his head on a low ceiling, tumbles down stairs or off the stage and accidentally launches his drumsticks into the crowd.-- Drug or alcohol use: Adults of age drink whiskey and beer, heavily in one case, and there is a joke about hash brownies."American Teen"-- Rated: PG-13.-- Suitable for: Teens and older.-- What you should know: This is a documentary that follows a handful of high-school students in a small Indiana town during their senior year.-- Language: An outburst with a couple of f-words and a smattering of vulgarities, along with a derogatory word for "homosexual."-- Sexual situations and nudity: There is a reference to oral sex; a girl says, "We did it," meaning sex; and much gossip about a girl who sends a topless photo that is widely disseminated, much to her dismay. Teens play spin the bottle and make out.-- Violence/scary situations: A student talks about the suicide of a sibling, another is so upset by a breakup that she cannot force herself to go to school and lots of mean-spirited things such as vandalism and prank calls are done.-- Drug or alcohol use: Underage teens are shown drinking, sometimes to the point of excess.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com.)
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