Parents’ guide to movies
Published 5:00 am Friday, April 5, 2013
‘JURASSIC PARK 3D’
Rating: PG-13 for intense science fiction terror.
What it’s about: Dinosaurs are brought back to life, and turn predictably unpredictable, chasing and chewing on humans.
The kid attractor factor: See above.
Good lessons / bad lessons: “God creates dinosaurs; God destroys dinosaurs; God creates man; man destroys God; man creates dinosaurs.”
Violence: Yes, though not graphic.
Language: Just a little profanity, not bad considering the mayhem unleashed on the hapless humans.
Sex: None, though there is flirting.
Drugs: None.
Parents’ advisory: This is pretty intense as a big-screen experience, in 3-D and surround sound, entirely too scary for the very young — suitable for 10 and older.
‘TYLER PERRY’S TEMPTATION’
Rating: PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content
What it’s about: A young married couple faces the tests of temptation early in their marriage.
The kid attractor factor: Even Tyler Perry’s Madea-free melodramas have a few laughs in them.
Good lessons / bad lessons: “There’s nothing wrong with being rich and having nice things … so long as those nice things don’t own you.”
Violence: Yes, beatings are administered.
Language: A scattering of profanity
Sex: Suggested, discussed, and shirts come off.
Drugs: Yes.
Parents’ advisory: Not entirely appropriate to take pre-teens to, not that they’ll want to see it. OK for 13 and older.
This guide, compiled by Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, is published here every Friday. It should be used with the MPAA rating system for selecting movies suitable for children. Films rated G, PG or PG-13 are included, along with R-rated films that may have entertainment or educational value for older children with parental guidance.