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Family reviews: 'When in Rome,' 'Tooth Fairy'

A parents' guide to select new movies:

'When in Rome'

Rating: PG-13 for some suggestive content.

What it's about: A young woman steals coins from a wish-for-love fountain in Rome, with comical consequences. The guys who tossed the coins fall in love with her, getting in the way of Mr. Right.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Strong fantasy element, cute Kristen Bell and adorable Josh Duhamel.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Love is about getting to know somebody, not about wishing and tossing a coin. But stalking is played for laughs.

Violence: None.

Language: None to speak of.

Sex: Not in this romance.

Drugs and alcohol: There's no such thing as an Italian wedding without wine.

Parents' advisory: A romantic comedy with training wheels, suitable for kids 10 and older.

'Tooth Fairy'

Rating: PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action.

What it's about: A cynical, embittered hockey player is sentenced to be a tooth fairy after he lectures kids to live in the real world and not fantasize about things they might never have.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Dwayne Johnson, the cinema's ultimate plush toy, dressed as a fairy and doing slapstick.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Taking away children's fantasies ruins childhood.

Violence: It's hockey, right?

Language: Very mild language, despite the hockey.

Sex: None, although the hockey player is dating a single mom with sleep-over privileges.

Drugs and alcohol: None.

Parents' advisory: Strictly a younger kids' fantasy, with fairies and the gadgetry of fairies, plus a good message about the odds against growing up to be a star athlete. Suitable for 5 and older.