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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.