The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:
'The
Simpsons'
Rated: PG-13.
Suitable for: School-age children and up.
What you should know: The animated Fox show makes the jump to the big screen, and you won't see anything here you wouldn't see on TV. Consider that a relief or a warning.
Language: A couple of mild words and one curse with "God" attached.
Sexual situations and nudity: On a dare, Bart skateboards through town nude, and you see his bare backside and a flash of his cartoon genitals. Couples, including a pair of male cops, briefly kiss.
Violence/scary situations: Homer puts all of Springfield in jeopardy when he illegally dumps the waste of his pet pig. His neighbors come after him with torches and pitchforks. Any violence or destruction is, of course, cartoonish.
Drug or alcohol use: Bart consumes a tiny bottle of booze from a motel mini-bar and gets drunk. There is also a quick scene in Moe's tavern.
'No
Reservations'
Rated: PG.
Suitable for: Tweens and older, only because younger children might not be that interested.
What you should know: Catherine Zeta-Jones is a perfectionist Manhattan chef whose world changes when her sister dies, her 9-year-old niece (Abigail Breslin) comes to live with her and her boss hires another chef, an easygoing Italian specialist played by Aaron Eckhart.
Language: Nothing notable.
Sexual situations and nudity: Ardent kisses which immediately segue to breakfast the next morning.
Violence/scary situations: Zeta-Jones receives word that her sister was killed in a car crash (not shown) and her niece, played by "Little Miss Sunshine" star Breslin, injured. We see the sad little girl, with some facial bruises, in the hospital. She disappears at one point, sending her aunt into a panic.
Drug or alcohol use: Restaurant patrons and staffers drink wine, and Zeta-Jones gets tipsy one night.