SCREEN IT!

I am pretty picky about what movies my kids can watch since they are so young still. I can overlook some things, but I absolutely do not like bad language. My kids pick up on things quick, and I don't want them thinking that because we watched a movie with bad words that it is okay to say them. I have been very shocked lately with the ratings of movies. Is it just me or does there need to be a rating between PG and PG13 now?? I am always okay with G movies, and used to be usually okay with PG movies, but more and more PG movies are using bad language now. What is up with that!? So now I have to screen PG movies before my kids watch them. I want to introduce you to the best movie review site ever! I used it as a teenager, and I use it now. It is called "SCREEN IT".

Screen It has the most in depth movie review I have seen yet and I LOVE IT. It breaks the movie down into categories, usually:
Alcohol/Drugs
Blood/Gross Stuff
Disrespectful/Bad attitude
Frightening/Tense Scenes
Guns/weapons
Imitative behavior
Jump scenes
Scary/tense music
Inappropriate music
Profanity
Sex/nudity
Smoking
Tense family scenes
Violence

Under each category is listed every single things that happens in the movie that will go under each category. For instance: Take the PG movie Rango (with the voice of Johnny Depp). Under the Profanity category it says that there are at least 5 hells and 1 damn said in the movie. It also mentions that an animal yells "You son of a" and the last word is drown out by the screeching sound of a bird. So that word isn't said, but screen it will even add scenes and conversations under each category if they are implied too. It's awesome (and to think I WAS going to let my kids watch that. Thank goodness for screen it). The only draw back is that now days you have to pay an annual membership fee of $47/yr, which comes out to less than 0.13 cents per day (or at least that was screen it's math). BUT the good thing is that you can still review the movies that aren't brand new just by doing a google search for free. Type in the movie title and then the words "screen it" and you can review the movies that aren't in the movie theaters anymore. So if you want to rent a movie, that movie will likely come up on a google search. Since my kids don't go to the movie theaters much, it works just fine for us. It's a great resource and is a huge help is choosing which movies to rent or not to rent for my kids. Try it out!