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Family Film Guide: "Invictus" and "The Princess and the Frog"
Friday, December 11, 2009

The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:

'Invictus'

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Teens and up.

What you should know: Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela, newly elected president of South Africa, who turns to rugby to unite his racially divided country. Based on a real story, it also stars Matt Damon as a team captain.

Language: One f-word and at least a half-dozen milder four-letter words.

Sexual situations and nudity: None.

Violence/scary situations: Brief shots of violence in the streets and skirmishes on the rugby field.

Drug or alcohol use: A fair amount of beer drinking, usually while watching sports.


'The Princess and the Frog'

Rated: G.

Suitable for: Kindergartners and up.

What you should know: It runs 97 minutes, is done with hand-drawn animation and features an African-American princess and lots of original music.

Language: None.

Sexual situations and nudity: Some kisses are exchanged.

Violence/scary situations: Due to some voodoo magic, a man is changed into a frog and so is a young woman who kisses him. In addition to pratfalls and mild accidents, a reference is made to a father having died, a supporting character meets an untimely end and a voodoo practitioner appears with masks, shrunken heads and conjures spirits from the other side.

Drug or alcohol use: Animated adults are shown with wine glasses.

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First published on December 11, 2009 at 12:00 am