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Family Film Guide
Friday, August 14, 2009

The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:

'The Time Traveler's Wife'

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Mature teens and older.

What you should know: Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana star in an adaptation of the Audrey Niffenegger book about a woman and a man who involuntarily travels through time.

Language: A couple of uses of profanity and under a dozen mild expletives.

Sexual situations and nudity: When Bana's character travels through time, he sheds his clothes, which means we see his naked backside several times. The leads exchange passionate kisses and are shown in bed after their first night together.

Violence/scary situations: A car accident proves fiery and fatal, a woman suffers several miscarriages, and beloved characters are accidentally injured and die.

Alcohol and drug use: Adults drink wine or whiskey or other alcoholic drinks.

'Bandslam'

Rated: PG.

Suitable for: Mature tweens and older.

What you should know: Student musicians bond and struggle while preparing to compete in a high school rock competition.

Language: Mild; no major cursing.

Sexual situations and nudity: Kisses are shared between high school students. In one scene, a girl instructs a boy how to kiss and locks lips with him for "educational purposes."

Violence/scary situations: A student is verbally and physically bullied; one character mourns over the (unseen) death of a family member.

Alcohol and drug use: None.

First published on August 14, 2009 at 12:00 am
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