‘42’

Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements including language.

What it’s about: Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey plan for the day Jackie will become the first modern black major leaguer.

The kid attractor factor: Baseball history, in cinematic form.

Good lessons / bad lessons: Sometimes, bravery takes the form of restraint.

Violence: Threatened.

Language: Some profanity, racial slurs. These are pro ballplayers, after all.

Sex: A bit of innuendo.

Drugs: Cigars.

Parents’ advisory: A family-friendly baseball biography, this is perfectly suitable for ages 10 and older.

‘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.

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.