Posted on: Friday, November 28, 2008
One for kiddies, one for teenagers
By Roger Moore
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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Robert Pattinson stars in the vampire romance thriller "Twilight," which topped the box office last weekend.
PETER SOREL | Summit Entertainment
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Mini reviews of new movies from a family perspective
'BOLT'
Rating: PG for mild action and peril.
What it's about: The canine star of a TV show doesn't realize he's not really a super dog when he gets lost and has to find his way home to his little girl.
The kid attractor factor: Disney and "cartoon" and 3-D option.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Friends always help you out, even when you don't ask for it.
Violence: A pretty intense kid-in-a-burning-building scene.
Language: Disney clean.
Sex: None.
Drugs: None.
Parents' advisory: A hipper Disney gets back to basics in this showbiz-savvy romp that's really just a story of a girl and her dog.
'TWILIGHT'
Rating: PG-13 for violence and sexuality.
What it's about: The new girl in a rural high school is every boy's object of desire, but she only has eyes for the pale boy with the white, white teeth.
The kid attractor factor: Vampires, dreamboats and young love.
Good lessons/bad lessons: That first great love will make you ignore a lot of flaws in Mr. Right — the fact that's he's of the undead, for instance.
Violence: Mostly off camera, until the finale.
Language: Surprisingly clean.
Sex: Quite chaste, save for one seriously hot and heavy moment.
Drugs: Not in this high school.
Parents' advisory: Pretty tame and teen-friendly, for a vampire thriller based on a romance novel.
