Founded by Jim Steyer in 2003, Common Sense Media reviews books, movies, TV shows, video games, apps, music, and websites and rates them in terms of age-appropriate educational content, positive messages/role models, violence, sex and profanity, and mo...
Common Sense Media (commonsensemedia.org) has 21 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 1.9 out of 5.
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2026
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are aboustley rude to yu-gi-oh media, thinking it was not originally a manga but the real life card game.... are they big idiots?it seems like most of the time they review stuff barely with audio even on, likely just doing it at random moments
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JL C.
Very helpful
Very helpful
Common sense media presents data from reviews in a extremely helpful way. Is a great way to figure out if a movie is something I want to watch .
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Joel
Promotes the sexualization of children
We need a common sense review of common sense media. The woke LBGTQ is so thick here it rated drag queens as safer than bluey.
There is no common sense at common sense.
Sexualization of children, is vile and evil, this is what they promote.
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Aethryx
The parents are just annoyingly stupid
The parents are just annoyingly stupid, hadn't they seen the actual world?
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Carlean M.
Kids under 13 rating GOLDFINGER
I accidentally ran across this website during a search for information on 1996's Eraser. I checked out the Children's review section on the James Bond classic GOLDFINGER‼️ 12 and 13 year olds rating
GOLDFINGER .. UTTERLY RIDICULOUS.. This movie was not meant for nor originally advertised as a KIDDIE MOVIE ‼️🤔
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Anthony G.
As a user for a couple of decades, it is sad to see this non-profit company gate their content behind a paid membership.
I have been using this website practically since it began.
I used it alongside plugged in, since it often covered more movies and games than PluggedIn did.
The past several years suddenly common Sense Media unfortunately started to charge membership fees. The one thing they still had good though, was an option to get free months. Basically if you could not afford it, they gave you the option to request a free month.
This is how I got by reading reviews the last few years.
They bundle all of their different contents including the reviews under the price tag, I didn't care about that other stuff, I only care about the reviews, which I'm a firm believer should be free.
Plus my family is very low income, so paying for this just not feasible, and I was very glad to have the free months.
Recently I noticed the free month option disappeared.
I tried many different ways to find it, but to no avail, because they have removed it.
Now after you read the three free reviews, you are only met with two options only; pay monthly or yearly.
I read up on it and I guess non-profits can technically do this, as long as the money earned furthers their mission. It's not that they are evil or anything like that, but it seems to counter their mission.
Taking away the free month option, seems very unreasonable, and much like a profit oriented move, even if it isnt.
I understand that nonprofits have to make money too, other than donations, but given that they're supposed to be for families, it seems like this is a bad move, especially now that the only ones who can benefit are those well off enough to buy the membership.
Without an option to get a free month, the service is now completely useless to me. I will just stick with PluggedIn, who thankfully have begun reviewing older movies from time to time, even if the quantity is still lower on movies circa 1998.
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MRRICHARDJOHNBRISCOE
I don't trust the reviews and cannot…
I don't trust the reviews and cannot stand these website one bit.
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Floyd B.
Money grabbers
Money grabbers! You can only search the app 3 times before you are required to subscribe. The web page is completely free. Duh.