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Family reviews: "WALL-E,' "Wanted'

A parents' guide to select movie releases

"WALL-E'

Rating: G.

What it's about: A lonely robot trash compactor, left behind to clean up the mess humans have made of Earth, falls in love with a probe robot that comes to see if signs of life have returned to the planet.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Disney. Pixar. Robots.

Good lessons/bad lessons: We should clean up our own messes.

Violence: Robot-on-robot slapstick.

Language: There isn't any, or much, and certainly no profanity.

Sex: Of course not.

Drugs: Ditto.

Parents' advisory: Pixar returns to its kids-first mission with this cartoon, which, because it is so visual and not verbal, should be your 2- to 3-year-old's first trip to the movies.

"Wanted'

Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.

What it's about: A clan of assassins initiates a new member to its ranks, but he questions their mission.

The Kid Attractor Factor: It's like a first-person shooter video game, with a body count to match. Oh, and Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy are the stars.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Just because you're ”born“ to do something doesn't mean you have to do that something.

Violence: Guns, knives, fists and bombs lacerate bodies and make heads explode.

Language: Lots of profanity.

Sex: Some.

Drugs: ”Energy“ drinks.

Parents' advisory: An action film plainly aimed at teens, which is entirely too violent for and would send the worst message to 15-and-unders.