Watching movies with kids
Regardless of whether you can actually get to a movie theater with your children to see movies or if you do most of your film viewing at home with DVDs, chances are at one time or another you’ve wondered if the movie you’ve selected is indeed appropriate for younger viewers. Hopefully you aren’t left wondering this AFTER you’ve already purchased movie tickets or rented the DVD and are already seated and watching the movie in question.
The good news is there are a BUNCH of great websites out there that specialize in family-centered movie reviews and give you a specialized idea of what you can expect once the movie begins.
- The Movie Mom - sponsored by Yahoo! Movies, gives each movie and dvd a ‘grade’ based on how appropriate it is for children. Plus she’ll tell you exactly what gave each movie the rating it has.
- The Parents Council Television Reviews - Don’t be fooled by the name, this website also reviews DVDs and films and holds each program/movie to very stringent guidelines. You can expect no fooling around from this site.
- Parent Previews - Like Movie Mom, they give each film a “grade” and then break the movie down and grade it on sexual content, alcohol and drug inclusion, violence, and language.
- Kids in Mind - Reviews each movie and gives it a three digit number. Each number refers to a rating from 1-10 on sex/nudity, violence/gore and profanity. Plus they go further and site each incident where one of those three areas appears in the film so you actually know EXACTLY what to expect.
- Plugged In Online - Goes beyond just movies to review television and music as well.
- Family Style - Also reviews each film based on the “big sins” as well as displaying other critics reviews of the film but includes no in-depth review.
So the next time you want to take your family to the drive-in or check out that big blockbuster at rental store, check these sites first and see if the movie you want is REALLY the movie you want.
