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Family Movie Guide

A guide to help parents decide which movies are suitable for children.

By Steve Persall
Published February 8, 2007

Suitable for families

Charlotte's Web B

(G) - The classic book gets a Babe-style adaptation to screen. Briefly crude humor; sad mortality themes are mildly presented.

Night at the Museum C

(PG) - Kids will enjoy watching Ben Stiller chased by museum exhibits that come to life after closing time. A few scary images, such as a T. rex skeleton.

Suitable, with reservations

Stomp the Yard B

(PG-13) - Hip-hop enthusiasts can find positive messages in this drama, set on an African-American college campus where fraternity membership can lead to a bright future. Brief violence sends an inner-city youth (Columbus Short) there. Profanity and brief sexual situations.

Not suitable

Because I Said So D

(PG-13) - Pushy mother (Diane Keaton) and romantically challenged daughter (Mandy Moore) share intimate details of sexuality with profanity and partial nudity.

Catch and Release C+

(PG-13) - A young woman (Jennifer Garner) finds love after the death of her longtime boyfriend. The MPAA rating is due to sexual content, profanity and brief drug abuse.

Dreamgirls B

(PG-13) - This lively adaptation of the Broadway musical smash has mature themes, including sexual situations, profanity, and drug and alcohol abuse.

The Messengers

(PG-13) - Another fright flick featuring disturbing violence, profanity and creepy children with dark family secrets, so the nightmare quotient is high for young viewers.

Norbit

(PG-13) - Eddie Murphy's new comedy was originally rated R then slightly trimmed for a tamer rating. There's still enough crude and sexual humor, profanity and brief nudity to make some parents cautious.

[Last modified February 7, 2007, 09:26:06]