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Parents guide to new movie releases.

Byline: Roger Moore

THE FINAL SEASON

Rating: PG for language, thematic elements and some teen smoking.

What it's about: A small town in Iowa is about to lose its school, and its legendary high school baseball program.

The Kid Attractor Factor: A pretty good depiction of small-town high schools, and Michael Angarano plays the city punk who has to learn to fit in with the "hicks."

Good lessons/bad lessons: "Even the easy things are tough if you do them half-hearted."

Violence: Boys being boys.

Language: Unnecessary roughness. It stands out as inappropriate, at times.

Sex: Just a little aw-shucks Iowa flirting.

Drugs: A marijuana joke, and ...

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