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not deemed so intense as to require that parents be strongly cautioned
beyond the suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use
content in a PG-rated motion picture
.
PG-13—Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be
Inappropriate For Children Under 13
.
A PG-13 rating is a sterner
warning by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their
children under age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material
might not be suited for them. A PG-13 motion picture may go beyond
the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult
activities or other elements, but does not reach the restricted R category.
The theme of the motion picture by itself will not result in a rating
greater than PG-13, although depictions of activities related to a mature
theme may result in a restricted rating for the motion picture. Any drug
use will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. More than brief nudity
will require at least a PG-13 rating, but such nudity in a PG-13 rated
motion picture generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be
depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but of the harsher sexually-
derived words, though only as an expletive, initally requires at least a
PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive requires an R rating, as
must even one of those words used in a sexual context. The Rating
Board nevertheless may rate such a motion picture PG-13 if, based on a
special vote by a two-thirds majority, the Raters feel that most
American parents would believe that a PG-13 rating is appropriate
because of the context or manner in which the words are used or
because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous.
R—Restricted .
Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or
Adult Guardian. An R-rated motion picture, in the view of the Rating
Board, contains some adult material. An R-rated motion picture may
include adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent
violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements, so that
parents are counseled to take this rating very seriously. Children under
17 are not allowed to attend R-rated motion pictures unaccompanied by
a parent or adult guardian. Parents are strongly urged to find out more
about R-rated motion pictures in determining their suitability for their
children. Generally, it is not appropriate for parents to bring their young
children with them to R-rated motion pictures.
NC-17—No One 17 and Under Admitted .
An NC-17 rated motion
picture is one that, in the view of the Rating Board, most parents would
consider patently too adult for their children 17 and under. No children
will be admitted. NC-17 does not mean “obscene” or “pornographic” in
the common or legal meaning of those words, and should not be
construed as a negative judgment in any sense. The rating simply
signals that the content is appropriate only for an adult audience. An
NC-17 rating can be based on violence, sex, aberrational behavior, drug
abuse or any other element that most parents would consider too strong
and therefore off-limits for viewing by their children
.