Wild Hogs
Rating -- PG-13
What it's about -- Middle-aged men take off on a motorcycle trip to recapture their lost youth.
The Kid Attractor Factor -- The spectacle of Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, John Travolta and William H. Macy on motorcycles.
Good lessons/bad lessons -- You're never too old to stand up to a bully.
Violence -- Brawls, explosions.
Language -- Pretty raw for a Disney movie.
Sex -- None.
Drugs -- Beer is consumed in large quantities.
Parents advisory -- Pretty harmless fare for anybody, though the unnecessary foul language may annoy parents of pre-teens.
Black Snake Moan
Rating -- R
What it's about -- A woman with twisted sexual urges is confined by an old bluesman who aims "to cure" her.
The Kid Attractor Factor -- Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, "forbidden fruit" subject matter.
Good lessons/bad lessons -- You're never beyond redemption, and a good church will stick by you, no matter what.
Violence -- A beating, and the threat of another. Attempted rape.
Language -- Nasty, low-down and dirty.
Sex -- Nasty, low-down and dirty.
Drugs -- Alcohol is consumed.
Parents advisory -- Teenagers are probably too young and immature to "get" the joke in this risible, over-the-top homage to the sordid, over-heated sexuality of Southern films and literature of the 1950s.