'LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE'
Rated PG for mild peril and thematic elements.
What it’s about: A singing crocodile who lives in a Manhattan brownstone and befriends a lonely young kid.
The kid attractor factor: The family friendly tone, it's based on a children's book, pop star Shawn Mendes voicing Lyle.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Family togetherness is more important than fame.
Violence: A couple of escape and chase sequences with mild peril.
Language: None
Sex: None
Drugs: None
Parents’ advisory: Appropriate for kids of all ages, maybe a bit too perilous for very young children.
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'AMSTERDAM'
Rated R for brief violence and bloody images.
What it’s about: A star-studded romp through 1930s New York involving WWI vets, a wrongful murder accusation, and a whole lot mishaps and mayhem.
The kid attractor factor: Not much — this is aimed at adults.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Friendship = good, fascism = bad
Violence: Some war violence and gory images from a war hospital — wounds and blood, and various injuries. Some tussling and fighting; a grotesque autopsy, a traffic death.
Language: Some strong language
Sex: References, nothing graphic
Drugs: Some experimental drug testing.
Parents’ advisory: This is too mature, and frankly tedious, to entertain children or even teens. Adults only.
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