Vudu’s new Family Play mode automatically skips sex, violence, profanity, and drug use in movies

Vudu is trying to establish itself as the most family-friendly video streaming service with several new features aimed at parents. The most interesting of them is called Family Play, and when activated, it lets you “skip past or mute strong scenes of sexuality, violence, substance abuse, and language.” Customers have the option of customizing the categories that Family Play filters, and the feature can be turned on and off at will — including while watching something.

Over 500 titles support Family Play at launch, including Guardians of the Galaxy, The Dark Knight, Forrest Gump, The Bourne Identity, The Hunger Games, Spider-Man 3, The LEGO Movie, Gravity, Men In Black: International, and many more. The company says it…

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