Movie Reviews for Parents
Movie reviews for parents ensure that the next DVD you pop into the player will be appropriate for the entire family. After all, what parent wants to be sandwiched between their pre-teen kids on the sofa when Bruno starts playing? If you’re looking for quality movie reviews for parents, I recommend the following:
Screen It! Movie Reviews – A comprehensive film review site for parents, Screen It! offers reviews of new movie releases, as well as films just coming out on DVD and Blu-ray. Films are graded more for content than quality, and each review looks at 15 unique points:
- Alcohol/Drugs
- Blood/Gore
- Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude
- Frightening/Tense Scenes
- Guns/Weapons
- Imitative Behavior
- Jump Scenes
- Scary/Tense Music
- Inappropriate Music
- Profanity
- Sex/Nudity
- Smoking
- Tense Family Scenes
- Topics to Talk About
- Violence
These ratings can be a bit puritanical in nature, however. For example, the recent Sherlock Holmes film was considered to have a “heavy” amount of sex and nudity. Upon looking at the breakdown of these instances, I found the following: a nude statue, women showing cleavage, men boxing without shirts, an old man in a bathtub, a mention of pre-marital sex.
Movie Reviews and Ratings for Parents – Features reviews put together by the Parents Television Council. Television, DVD, and film reviews are provided, and occurrences of profanity, poor behavior, sex and violence are all closely examined. As with many sites that feature movie reviews for parents, the focus of the site is on objectionable content and not the quality of filmmaking.
Movie Mom Nell Minow – A real-life mom reviews new release movie and DVD releases, then posts her thoughts for the benefit of parents and families. With each film, Nell gives her opinion on what age it’s suitable for, breaking it down into useful ranges like High School, Middle School, and Mature High Schooler. Movies are also given a letter grade, something school-age kids and their parents should be able to easily identify with.
Kids Pick Flicks – The premise of this site is that most movie reviews are written by men over 50. Since these critics may not be in touch with the younger generation, this site features real-life youngsters writing movie reviews. In addition, kids and parents can also write their own reviews and have them added to the site. Both new release films and DVDs are reviewed.
Now that you’re aware of the best place to find movie reviews for parents, here are some other movie review recommendations to read:
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