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Vanessa Redgrave, left, and Amanda Seyfried are shown in a scene from ’Letters to Juliet.’

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Parents guide to new movie releases:

LETTERS TO JULIET

Rating: PG for brief rude behavior, some language and incidental smoking

What it’s about: A young woman tracks down the author of a letter and tries to help her find her long-lost love.

The kid attractor factor: Amanda Seyfried, who specializes in moist-eyed, chaste romances for kids old enough to appreciate them

Good lessons/bad lessons: Sometimes, first love is the great love and the one that counts.

Violence: None

Language: A smidge of profanity

Sex: Not really

Drugs: A little wine

Parents’ advisory: Not enough comedy or action to keep 12-and-unders interested

ROBIN HOOD

Rating: PG-13 for violence, including intense sequences of warfare, and some sexual content

What it’s about: Robin Hood is “created” in the turmoil of 12th-century England

The kid attractor factor: An action picture with swords, bows and boiling oil

Good lessons/bad lessons: Civil rights have to be fought for and won.

Violence: Intense swordfights and arrow impalings

Language: Occasionally bawdy

Sex: Some discreet wenching

Drugs: Mead, and lots of it

Parents’ advisory: The darkest, most violent ‘Robin Hood,’ it’s a bit intense for kids only used to the Disney version, suitable for 10 and up.