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Reel.com Parents' Guide to Family Viewing
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The editors of Reel.com have created this page to help you choose movies for your family. Reel.com contains a wealth of information that can help identify questionable content for different ages and aid your decisions about which movies to buy or rent for family viewing.
You can see an example of the information found on our site by going to the Movie Overview Page for the film Shrek. To do this on the site, type "Shrek" in the movie search box found in the upper left-hand corner of any Reel.com page and click on the "Find It" button.
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Movie Ratings from the MPAA
Reel.com lists the MPAA rating (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) for any film that has been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. You will find the MPAA rating listed at the top of the page, just under the Synopsis of the film. Recent theatrical releases also include a brief reason for the MPAA rating, which appears next to the rating itself. For example, Shrek is rated PG for "Mild language and some crude humor."
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Movie Reviews
Most theatrical releases and some direct-to-video titles are reviewed by Reel.com's editorial staff. These full-length reviews offer detailed descriptions and analyses which can prove helpful to parents in deciding whether a film is appropriate for their family. In addition, reviews of specifically kid-oriented features generally include a "Parents' Note" at the end, indicating specific content elements that may concern parents. For an example, see the end of Reel's Shrek review.
To find the review on the site, display the Movie Overview Page for the film Shrek, as described above, and click on the gray Reviews tab to the right of the Movie Matches tab. You can access a variety of content information using these tabs, including the Movie Anatomy described below.
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Movie Anatomy
When a film is reviewed by a Reel.com editor, the reviewer also completes the ratings shown on the film's Movie Anatomy tab. The Movie Anatomy displays a total of 16 different ratings for the film, in categories such as violence, sex, family appeal, suspense, and profanity. Each rating is graphically displayed on a scale from one to ten. You can review this information for a movie that you (or your family) are planning to see to get a preview of the kind of content that you can expect to find in the film.
To see an example of the Movie Anatomy, click here. To find it yourself on the site, display the Movie Overview Page for the film Shrek and click on the gray Movie Anatomy tab.
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Reel.com Kids Section
The Reel.com Kids pages are designed to summarize current theatrical and home-viewing entertainment for children to help you make your next purchase, rental, or movie-going decision. Here, you will find reviews of the latest movies, weekly listings of new VHS and DVD titles, pre-order information about upcoming releases, product specials, interviews, and more. To review the current Kids section, click here.
On the site, you can also reach the Kids section in the following ways:
• From the Reel.com home page, under the right-hand Shop listings. Click on the "Kids" link at the top of the column, or click on the green "Kids" header found just under the VHS section.
• From Reel's Shop section, using the navigation on the left-hand side of the page.
• From any Movie Overview Page designated as a Kids film, using the "Kids" genre link under the Synopsis.
• From the Categories home page, as indicated below.
• Or bookmark Reel's Kids page [www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=categories/kids] and check back weekly!
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Kids Categories
Reel.com has categorized each of the movies in our database by genre and subcategory. You can use this information to search for the type of movie (action, comedy, drama, etc.) that you'd like to see next or to help you find something to watch when you're not sure what you're in the mood for. You can access the Kids section and many other categories from the Categories home page, which is always just one click away via the "Categories Search" link under the search box found on every Reel.com site page.
Kids movies are further sorted by a series of subcategories, which can be accessed from the Kids section, via the "Kids Subcategories" listing on the right-hand side of the page. Clicking on any of these links will display a list of the titles that fit into that particular subcategory. Current Kids subcategories listed include:
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