Movie Ratings for Parents
Movie Ratings
Grade Card
100/100
L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno)
Inflamed by the success of 8½, the French veteran set out in 1964 to outdo Fellini’s mod subjective experimentation. The ensuing aborted production, L’enfer, was a tale of deforming jealousy that seemed to crystallize the director’s gloating...
99/100
Toy Story 3
Deftly blending comedy, adventure, and honest emotion, Toy Story 3 is a rare second sequel that really works.
96/100
The Kids Are All Right
Worthwhile as both a well-acted dramedy and as a smart, warm statement on family values, The Kids Are All Right is remarkable.
96/100
Restrepo
Forsaking narrative structure for pure visceral power, Restrepo plunges viewers into the experiences of soldiers on the front lines of the Afghan War.
96/100
Animal Kingdom
With confident pacing, a smart script, and a top-notch cast, Animal Kingdom represents the best the Australian film industry has to offer.
95/100
Winter's Bone
Bleak, haunting, and yet still somehow hopeful, Winter's Bone is writer-director Debra Granik's best work yet -- and it boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence.
93/100
Winnebago Man
Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer...
92/100
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
Penetrating Rivers' coarse image, this compelling documentary offers an honest, behind-the-scenes look at her career -- and at show business in general.
91/100
A Film Unfinished
Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, Film Forum...
90/100
Dogtooth (Kynodontas)
It'll be too disturbing -- and meandering -- for some, but Dogtooth is as disturbing and startlingly original as modern filmmaking gets.
89/100
Lebanon (Levanon)
The First Lebanon War – June, 1982. A lone tank is dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. What seems to be a simple mission gradually spins out of control. Shmuel the gunner, Assi the commander,...
89/100
The Tillman Story
Passionate, angry, and insightful, The Tillman Story offers a revealing portrait of its subject's inspiring life and untimely death.
88/100
Peepli Live
On the eve of national elections in the Indian village of Peepli, two poor farmers, Natha and Budhia, face losing their land over an unpaid government loan. Desperate, they seek help from an apathetic local politician, who suggests they commit...
88/100
Army of Crime (L'Armée du Crime)
ARMY OF CRIME is a revealing thriller about the very first days of the French Resistance to Nazi occupation, a time when many of the movement’s leaders and foot soldiers were often foreigners — Poles, Jews, Armenians, Spaniards, Italians — who feared...
87/100
Inception
Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually.
86/100
Farewell (L'affaire Farewell)
The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events.
85/100
Get Low
Subtle to a fault, this perfectly cast ensemble drama is lifted by typically sharp performances from Robert Duvall and Bill Murray.
85/100
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends...
83/100
Kisses
Although admittedly sleight, this gritty but tender coming-of-age Irish drama features some impressive work both in front, and behind the camera.
81/100
Let it Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie)
Low-key to a fault, Let It Rain blends subtle political commentary with smart, thoroughly French comedy.
81/100
Cyrus
While it may strike some viewers as slight, Cyrus is a successful hybrid of mainstream production values and the mumblecore ideals of directors Jay and Mark Duplass.
81/100
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Its script may not be as dazzling as its eye-popping visuals, but Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is fast, funny, and inventive.
81/100
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore)
It stumbles into melodrama, but I Am Love backs up its flamboyance with tremendous visual style and a marvelous central performance from Tilda Swinton.
80/100
Cairo Time
Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark (Tom McCamus), a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend Tareq (Alexander Siddig), who had...
80/100
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'instinct de mort)
It's undeniably uneven, but Vincent Cassel's electrifying performance makes Mesrine: Killer Instinct a gangster biopic worth seeking out.
80/100
The Wildest Dream
Eighty-five years after George Mallory s final attempt to summit Mount Everest, The Wildest Dream explores Mallory s obsession with becoming the first person to reach the highest place on Earth. Told through the explorer s poignant and evocative...
80/100
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
On a suburban street, two masked men seize a young woman. They bind and gag her and take her to an abandoned, soundproofed apartment. She is Alice Creed, daughter of a millionaire. Her kidnappers, the coldly efficient Vic and his younger accomplice...
79/100
The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)
Claudia Llosa's deliberate pace and abstract storytelling may frustrate some viewers, but there's no denying the visual pleasures soaking in The Milk of Sorrow.
79/100
Despicable Me
Borrowing heavily (and intelligently) from Pixar and Looney Tunes, Despicable Me is a surprisingly thoughtful, family-friendly treat with a few surprises of its own.
78/100
Mademoiselle Chambon
Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and...
78/100
Nanny McPhee Returns
Emma Thompson's second labor of love with the Nanny McPhee character actually improves on the first, delivering charming family fare with an excellent cast.
76/100
Countdown to Zero
COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that...
75/100
The Other Guys
While not the best collaboration between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, The Other Guys delivers bursts of comedy during a summer largely devoid of laughs.
75/100
Soul Kitchen
Celebrated filmmaker Fatih Akin, known for celebrated dramas like HEAD-ON and THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, serves up a delightfully fresh comedy with his latest award-winning film. SOUL KITCHEN is a delicious, free spirited story of food, friends, and rock &...
74/100
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus is sunny, sweet, and wholesome, but it fails to capture the essence of its classic source material.
74/100
Piranha 3-D
Playing exactly to expectations for a movie about killer fish run amok, Piranha 3-D dishes out gore, guffaws and gratuitous nudity with equal glee.
72/100
Life During Wartime
With Life During Wartime, Todd Solondz delivers an unexpected semi-sequel to Happiness in typically uncompromising fashion.
71/100
The Last Exorcism
It doesn't fully deliver on the chilly promise of its Blair Witch-style premise, but The Last Exorcism offers a surprising number of clever thrills.
70/100
La Siciliana Ribelle (The Sicilian Girl)
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the...
69/100
Patrik 1,5, (Patrik Age 1.5)
Goran and Sven are the perfect gay couple; they have a beautiful house in the suburbs, a solid relationship, a home full of love and warmth. Newly approved for adoption, they believe that baby Patrik, age 1.5, is on his way. One tiny decimal mistake...
69/100
Valhalla Rising
For years, the fearsome figure known only as One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen - PUSHER, FLAME & CITRON, CASINO ROYALE) has defeated everyone he's encountered, but he's treated more like an animal than a warrior. The only person he has any relationship with is...
68/100
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden)
Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist remain extraordinarily well-suited to their roles, but the second installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy doesn't pack quite as much punch as the first.
67/100
The Nature of Existence
After exploring the phenomenon of TREKKIES, filmmaker Roger Nygard takes on The Nature of Existence. As he roams the globe to the source of each of the world's philosophies, religions, and belief systems, Nygard interviews spiritual leaders,...
67/100
The Karate Kid
It may not be as powerful as the 1984 edition, but the 2010 Karate Kid delivers a surprisingly satisfying update on the original.
65/100
Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles)
Precious to a fault, Wild Grass finds 88-year-old director Alain Resnais as joyously unconstrained as ever.
64/100
Predators
After a string of subpar sequels, this bloody, action-packed reboot takes the Predator franchise back to its testosterone-fueled roots.
63/100
Flipped
When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. Bryce isn't so sure. Beginning that day, and for the next six years, young Bryce (Callan McAuliffe) does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's...
62/100
The Dry Land
James (Ryan O'Nan) returns from Iraq to face a new battle: reintegrating into his small-town life in Texas. His wife (America Ferrera), his mother (Melissa Leo), and his friend (Jason Ritter) provide support, but they can't fully understand the pain...
61/100
Salt
Angelina Jolie gives it her all in the title role, and her seasoned performance is almost enough to save Salt from its predictable and ludicrous plot.
60/100
The Concert (Le concert)
Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a mere cleaning man at the Bolshoi, he learns by accident that the Châtelet Theater in Paris invites the Bolshoi...
Movie Ratings For Parents
Rating: B
MPAA Rating: R for violence and demonic images
Rating: B
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements and brief mild language
Rating: D
MPAA Rating: PG for action, crude and suggestive humor, and language
Rating: B
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and some strong sexual references
Rating: C
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content
Rating: D
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence and some partial nudity
Rating: B-
MPAA Rating: R for frightening sequences and violence
Rating: C
MPAA Rating: PG for language and rude humor
Rating: C
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug reference
Rating: B
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and crash sequence
Rating: C
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language
Rating: A-
MPAA Rating: R for language, some strong sexual content and nudity