Ted: Right well, there are a lot of bad movies with four stars and there are a lot of-like The Passion of the Christ and Hacksaw Ridge-really good, heart-rending stories that then have a -2 because there is extreme caution for violence or something else in it.īob: I read a guy, years ago, who said, “Good art is like a stool that you can stand on that lets you look out of a window and see things you weren’t able to see otherwise.” That’s always stuck with me because there are times I will watch a movie, and I will come away and go, “That gives me a level of understanding into issues of the human condition that I wouldn’t have realized if I hadn’t gone to see that movie.” What should I do? Should I see it or not?” We give you enough information to make an informed decision.ĭennis: There would be some movies that would have a high enough rating, but the message of the movie would be poisonous for young people today. What we do at Movieguide is-we give you information so that you can help develop discernment so you can think through:

Ted: And we talked about that the last time I was here. I’m not talking about criticizing a movie but thinking about: “What is the message?” and “How does it stack up against the Christian worldview that’s found in the Scriptures?”

Just watch passion of the christ