The Dilemma
Rating: PG-13 for mature themes involving sexual content.
What it’s about: A guy tries to find a way to tell his best friend his wife is cheating on him.
The kid attractor factor: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, slap fights.
Good lessons/bad lessons: “Cheating” is always a lot more complicated than it looks.
Violence: Punches are thrown, fish are endangered.
Language: Some profanity, not over the top.
Sex: Sexual content, from the cheating to the massage parlor, is on modest display.
Drugs: Beer and wine are consumed in a bar.
Parents’ advisory: Despite the subject matter, mild-mannered enough to be suitable for kids 12 and older.
The Way Back
Rating: PG-13 for violent content, depiction of physical hardships, a nude image and brief strong language.
What it’s about: Prisoners make a break from a Soviet gulag during World War II, braving cold, wilderness and other hardships to walk thousands of miles to freedom.
The kid attractor factor: It’s a real-life “Man vs. Wild,” based on a real-life Bear Grylls.
Good lessons/bad lessons: How to navigate, using a stick in the sand and the sun, and other survival skills.
Violence: Yes. Knives are involved.
Language: Some profanity.
Sex: None, with one non-titillating nude image.
Drugs: None.
Parents’ advisory: A new- fangled old-fashioned adventure epic, this is a bit too violent for the very young — OK for 10 and older.
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