A classic children's tale comes to life
By Roger Moore
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
"FANBOYS"
• Rating: PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content.
• What it's about: "Star Wars" fanatics set out to steal a copy of the unfinished "Phantom Menace" in 1998.
• The kid attractor factor: Guys who never grew up, aka "Star Wars" nerds, battle other people who play dress-up (Trekkies).
• Good lessons/bad lessons: Friends don't let friends watch "Trek."
• Violence: A couple of brawls.
• Language: Quite coarse.
• Sex: Not quite, as befits the subject.
• Drugs: Substances are abused.
• Parents' advisory: This will play as a period piece to anybody under the age of 14, a good cut-off age for who should see it and who shouldn't.
"THE VELVETEEN RABBIT"
• Rating: G.
• What it's about: A lonely, motherless boy finds comfort in a stuffed rabbit toy who helps him grieve and grow up.
• The kid attractor factor: It's a classic children's tale rendered in live action and animation.
• Good lessons/bad lessons: "Love is what makes us real."
• Violence: An illness and an intense animated fire sequence.
• Language: Disney clean.
• Sex: None.
• Drugs: None.
• Parents' advisory: This sweet little film is for younger children, 8 and younger.