‘Up’
Rating: PG for some peril and action.
What it’s about: Cranky old man and chatty little boy float into great adventures in a house suspended from balloons.
The Kid Attractor Factor: Two words — “Disney” and “Pixar.”
Good lessons/bad lessons: The real adventure is the life you live while waiting for your big adventure.
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Violence: Dog attacks, dogfights, shots are fired.
Language: Disney clean.
Sex: None.
Drugs: None.
Parents’ advisory: A winning blend of sentiment and whimsy that parents won’t mind taking the 10-and-unders to.
‘Drag Me to Hell’
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of horror violence, terror, disturbing images and language.
What it’s about: A banker is cursed and spends three days avoiding being dragged to you-know-where.
The Kid Attractor Factor: Alison Lohman and PG-13 horror, catnip to kids.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Foreclosing on a Gypsy could get you cursed (and, no, that’s not a good lesson).
Violence: Horrific, but with little blood or gore.
Language: Some mild.
Sex: None.
Drugs: None.
Parents’ advisory: Teen friendly, not too violent, though the Gypsy stereotyping might be offensive to some.