A parents' guide to select new movies:

'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'

Rating: PG for some rude humor and language.

What it's about: A boy narrates his comically nightmarish misadventures from his first year in middle school.

The Kid Attractor Factor: The best-selling books come to life, or at least to the big screen.

Good lessons/bad lessons: "It's our choices that make us who we are."

Violence: Bullies threaten.

Language: Trips to the toilet using the milder words one uses there.

Sex: Boys stumble toward that age when they notice girls.

Drugs: None.

Parents' advisory: Funny, irreverent, pretty faithful to the tween-centered books, this is very family-friendly, potty breaks notwithstanding.

'The Bounty Hunter'

Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, including suggestive comments, language and some violence

What it's about: A bounty hunter tries to bring in his ex-wife, who skipped bail and missed her court date.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Gerard Butler, a once and future Spartan. And Jennifer Aniston.

Good lessons/bad lessons: If the couple is incompatible, handcuffs won't help.

Violence: Quite a lot of it — shootings and beatings.

Language: Lots of profanity, much of it from Aniston.

Sex: Threatened, discussed.

Drugs: Alcohol is consumed.

Parents' advisory: Too crass and violent for 12-and-youngers; PG-13 seems right on the mark.

'Remember Me'

Rating: PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and smoking

What it's about: A troubled young man finds love and purpose in the love of a girl he dates on a dare.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Robert Pattinson, right, from Twilight, in a romantic role without fangs.

Good lessons/bad lessons: When a guy asks you out while looking as if he just got beat up, run.

Violence: More than you'd expect.

Language: Some profanity, not much.

Drugs and alcohol: RPattz drinks beer and smokes almost incessantly.

Parents' advisory: Not even remotely as clever or deep as it seems to think it is, this is a gateway drama for Pattinson fans aging out of teen vampire tales.