Common Sense Media

When Common Sense Media became available, I was very excited being that I am a big movie buff. I am very disappointed as to the blatant bias that they provide on so many movies. On some reviews they can be 500 words long and over detailed to the point where why? Other reviews can be one or two sentences that are very vague and give you no clue as to what the inappropriate content might be. I was really hoping for a service that I could count on but Common Sense Media does not fulfill that role.

I'm pretty mad they're charging for this site now. It has always been free before. There are other ways of monetizing besides alienating your fan base. And as I see here on this site it looks like a lot of people really don't like them that much so they'd better take heed and listen. I'm not one of the people that says you're a Karen if you use this site. I want to know what's in a movie before I let them see it for good reasons. I care about my kids and their mental health, which is definitely affected by what they watch and what games they play. For example if there's a gruesome death I don't need my five year old seeing it. Or if there's a sex scene with nudity I don't need to show that to my teenaged son. I appreciate that there's a site I can go to to find out about these things however now that they're charging I'm going to have to go find another place to find my info. I'm sure there are other sites. So they just lost this loyal customer whi used to send people their way all the time.

The entire thing is just boomers calling whatever they deem "inappropriate" bad, and basically always considering it detrimental to the quality of whatever game or movie they're $#*!ting on. There is some semblance of sanity in the non-"parent" reviews though.

Overall there website lagging cause' it to be difficult to even create an account sitting on an indefinite loading screen multiple times because there website either can't handle the foot traffic or just because of some problem within there website.

Common sense media always gave good insight and good points to why or why not to allow you or your family to view a film or game. They could improve on reflecting actual parent insight, because sometimes the vast majority of parent reviews go against the rating given by the actual site

Some of the age ratings they give are shocking. If any video game has some red mist in it, automatic 18+, because I guess it'll traumatized anyone under the age of 18. They even rated The Master Chief Collection 18+. I could've handled that game when I was 12. Terrible, money hungry website that claims to be non profit.

I have used this site multiple times. In the language section, does not seem to be on point. I have downloaded another APP called VidAngel. 100 % no issues with language etc.

Common Sense Media has, on multiple occasions, over-rated thing, countless video games rated 17 and 18+ Most of them being rated by a government organization (the ESRB) as E10+ or T. And they straight up lie about content, adding random things to up the age rating to fit their agenda, absolutely bulls**t. Do not use. (Also even though they claim to be a non-profit, they blatantly charge you money to read more than 3 "reviews", and you can even read them again) Again, DO NOT USE.

I use Common Sense to find out more about the content of a film. Both the more and less positive aspects of a film often aren't apparent on a site like Rotten Tomatoes.

I decided to see a review for a game my kid really wanted. Apparently saying the phrase "oh, for goodness sake" is a reference to a Japanese alcoholic beverage. I then decided to compare it to a movie I know that it's plot basically involves a teen taking drugs and being high as heck in the movie. They gave the game a 2/5 drinking/drugs rating, but the movie only a 1/5 rating for drinking/drugs. Also, one f-bomb is worse than basically a book containing all the other swear words except for f*ck.

Forget about getting and use out of this so-called non-profit unless you pay for a "plus" membership. Unbelievable that you are limited to 3 "free" reviews a month. Very disappointed in this formerly useful service.

Common Sense is a great site to expose inappropriate content that you do not want your children to see

I've read quite a few of their so called media reviews for movies. They are 100% bias and not based on fact for the most part. I have seen ratings from them on G rated childrens movies claiming that they are too sexual in nature because a man looks at a woman. Good idea. Horrid execution. They need to shut down their business and do something that's actually worthwhile.

After reading some of the movie reviews on shows I've already watched I was genuinely horrified at the content descriptions. "The " positive " themes contain sexism against males, which isn't at all positive." - comment in relation to a character that went through a bad breakup with an abusive (male) partner. The reviews on there play like a long list of angry church moms and bitter dads.

Once were good a year ago, since then they seem to have been "compromised" by the industry... split up reviews "by teens" and "by parents" obviously pitting children against parents, and attempting to basically shill for the movie/Netflix industry by playing down serious disturbing content, or making light of dangerous subjects (see their ridiculous "this is great story" reviews about Squid Game, something that NO CHILD should be watching, anyone under 18)

A+ for actual common sense (as opposed to anyone's agenda). No one's perfect, but overall they have been as helpful as any critic, but with more info on the mood of a given movie.

Backed by Gates, Mark Z and Benzos. Facts are left out to help with context. Everything has a leftist slant. Hopefully, find a news agency that has real common sense and just reports the news in full context. It's not this trash.

They complain when a girl has too big of a chest or when one character drinks beer. The whole website is laughable. They don't give any insight to the plot, I don't even get why parents trust this website. They even bashed spongebob, the most innocent show out there. The "expert reviewer" doesn't even watch the whole show. For example, they said Fairy Tail (an anime) had no moral lessons and showed seduction and violence. It's pretty clear that they don't watch at least a few episodes and make a review right off the bat.

Years ago, I looked to this site as a good place to see if movies and or television shows were good for children. Then something happened. It's all about wokness. Any sort of Real review about how good the move you may be is thrown out the window. It's all about how diverse the cast is and any sort of inclusiveness- no matter how obscure.

They betrayed me, I cannot return, I am locked by them, They do not wanna Let Me Go, that means, I had just 3 Revies allowed and Now I must pay for More, They live from Our Money. She Was in Beldam World 3 Times, And I has three reviews and Not I am Fired off. Mother$#*!ers, I now must pay for premium for month or year If I want to Stay. They Are Toxic and Evil, They takes our monay, they really do not wanna help us

While I don't always agree with the age ranges of the reviews, common sense does a good job of showing why they gave a piece of media the rating. It allows us to make smarter choices for our kids

You have to pay to read more then 3 reviews a month and its all just some karens telling bull$#*! about TV shows and stuff. Imagine liking a show and then you go on this trash website with a bunch of karens saying that its violent. Also when you write a review sometimes it would say it contains alcoholic stuff for no reason. And the worst part is people actually believe in those dumb review and you know how it ends up. No fr about 5 people said spongebob squarepants was 18+ like the dumbest reasons. I can not believe that this website is still running its so Bad.

In nearly every situation, Common Sense Media provides well-written yet succinct critiques of movies, games, music, and even websites. Unlike most other "family review" sites, they do not have an extreme Christian bias and will review any movie with an open mind. They give two ratings... one is mostly for parents, which is the recommend age for the movie.

It is very detailed and not just a rating like PG or PG-13... they will specifically explain that one movie is good for 11 and up and another might be 14 and up.

I do have one minor issue with them... they decided to give the website HomestarRunner.com a score of "15+", implying that the site would be inappropriate for anyone under 15. While I do agree with the 4/5 they gave for H*Rs quality... the fact that they think that the Brothers Chaps mostly harmless collection of flash cartoons is only for older teens and adults makes me wonder if they even watched them.

But besides that whiny rant, I actually enjoy using this site to see what they think of things. They can be trusted in most cases.