Review: Plugged In

What is it?
Focus on the Family’s Plugged In is a movie review site that gives an overview of popular movies from a Christian perspective.  
From their site: “Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to shine a light on the world of popular entertainment while giving families the essential tools they need to understand, navigate, and impact the culture in which they live. Entertainment industry ratings only tell you so much. We go deeper, diving into specific content and the meaning behind it.”

Who’s it for?
Anyone wanting to know what a movie’s content is about and if it is appropriate to see.  Parent’s especially can benefit by its synopsis of a movie’s content with an overall movie review, positive elements, spiritual elements, sexual content, violent content, crude or profane language, drug and alcohol content, other negative elements, and a conclusion.
Content Caution scores of Heavy, Medium, or Light for Kids, Teens, and Adults gives a sort of scoring to be aware of.
You can search by movie genre, status (DVD & Streaming, or In Theaters), Movie MPAA ratings, Kids Content Caution level, Teens Content Caution level, and Adults Content Caution level.

How’d it go?
“The to-the-point reviews, especially about specific types of content is helpful to decide if a movie is worth watching.  The reviews help you make an informed decision before wasting money going to see a movie/renting it.  The reviews also help you make an informed decision before watching a movie with kids or teens present.
Sadly, so many movies in recent years are not worth watching due to such terrible content that is not Christ-honoring.  So it can make a short list shorter, but at least you know of what a movie is about (if other people are talking about a movie) and you can speak to overview of the content/refer others to the resource to research movies before they watch them.” – Jared VerDught