Rated: PG.

Suitable for: Preschoolers and school-age children who can sit attentively through a 90-minute movie.

What you should know: Drew Barrymore speaks for the title character, a pampered dog who is dognapped in Mexico and must try to find her way home to Beverly Hills.

Language: Nothing objectionable.

Sexual situations and nudity: None.

Violence/scary situations: Lots, although generally mild. It starts with Chloe being kidnapped and forced into a dog-fighting pit with a menacing Doberman and continues as Chloe goes on the road.

Drug or alcohol use: Brief scene of adults drinking wine in a restaurant.

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Middle schoolers and above.

What you should know: Greg Kinnear stars in this real-life story about the Detroit inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, whose idea was stolen.

Language: One f-word, some uses of "Christ" and smattering of vulgarities.

Sexual situations and nudity: Some affection between a husband and wife but nothing notable.

Violence/scary situations: Kinnear's character is hospitalized after a mental breakdown.

Drug or alcohol use: Champagne or other alcoholic drinks served to adults.

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Teens and older moviegoers.

What you should know: Michael Cera ("Juno") and Kat Dennings play high school seniors who, with assorted others, roam around New York one crazy night.

Language: Titillating and with some common four-letter words, but generally mild.

Sexual situations and nudity: A couple start to undress each other in a scene that ends in off-camera sex. Kisses are exchanged, a few minutes of a gay revue is shown and there is brief talk about orgasms.

Violence/scary situations: A drunken girl gets lost and two young men butt heads.

Drug or alcohol use: Teens drink and one girl gets incredibly drunk in scenes played for laughs.