If a Christian is mature enough discern what he/she hears views a film about someone’s struggles, and characters in the film realistically use curse words in their dialogue, I do not think they are sinning. Moviemakers include such language for different reasons. Some do it literally do make a buck off of foul talk, others do it because it’s a realistic way people in the world talk, and to pretend they don’t talk that way is dishonest. When you have an emotional scene of a family falling apart because of the consequences of sinful decisions, and they happen to be cussing at each other, the director isn’t saying, “see, isn’t cursing fun?”

However, with the wonders of technology, I think it is true that if we have the ability to filter what comes through our TV, we should take advantage of that. My wife and I are having our first child soon, and that’s given me motivation to go out and buy one of those machines.