The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:

'Miss Potter'

Rated: PG.

Suitable for: Children roughly 8 and up, although this really isn't aimed at the younger set.

What you should know: Renee Zellweger plays Beatrix Potter. While some of the drawings periodically and briefly come to life, this is no "Night at the Museum." It's a gentle tale, told from an adult perspective, about an unmarried woman in 1902 London who found a publisher for her beautifully hand-illustrated stories and became a literary sensation.

Language: None.

Sexual situations and nudity: A kiss is exchanged.

Violence/scary situations: A main character dies, off screen, and people are devastated by the passing.

Drug or alcohol use: Coffee is spiked with brandy, prompting someone to nod off, and adults drink champagne at a holiday party.

'Happily N'Ever After'

Rated: PG.

Suitable for: Preschoolers and up.

What you should know: This animated movie, set in Fairy Tale Land, shows what happens when Cinderella's evil stepmother takes charge. She attempts to keep Cinderella from her prince, but he may not be her love match after all.

Language: None, although there is rude humor about flatulence.

Sexual situations and nudity: Cartoon characters kiss, briefly, and ample cleavage is displayed.

Violence/scary situations: Mild and cartoonish, and even a character who appears to die is seen alive again.

Drug or alcohol use: None.

'Freedom Writers'

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: High school students and up.

What you should know: Hilary Swank plays a young, white, idealistic teacher who uses maverick classroom techniques to reach underperforming black and Latino high school students in California. Based on a real story.

Language: Harsh, with some obscenity.

Sexual situations and nudity: Nothing notable.

Violence/scary situations: Includes a murder, plus a teen being beaten up.

Drug or alcohol use: Adults drink wine, and there are discussions about student drug and alcohol use.

'Code Name: The Cleaner'

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Tweens and up.

What you should know: Cedric the Entertainer plays an amnesiac who thinks he's a CIA agent. Also stars Lucy Liu and Nicollette Sheridan.

Language: A fairly steady stream of mild three- or four-letter words.

Sexual situations and nudity: Sheridan suggestively dances in skimpy underwear, and a couple of jokes are made about Cedric's reaction to that and his unconsummated relationship with another woman.

Violence/scary situations: Gunfire, martial-arts kicks and punches are exchanged, although the violence is fairly mild or played for laughs.

Drug or alcohol use: Other than a shot of sodium pentathol, nothing notable.