There is no drug use content in a PG-rated motion picture. PG — Parents Strongly Cautioned. A PG 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 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, 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 rating. More than brief nudity will require at least a PG rating, but such nudity in a PG rated motion picture generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be depictions of violence in a PG movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence. 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 if, based on a special vote by a two-thirds majority, the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG 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. 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.
If a film is rated PG, some bad language, sex and scary scenes may be present, as may violence, but at all times the violence is restrained and not glamourised in any way.
The 12A rating was introduced in the early Noughties to accompany cinema releases of major Hollywood movies that were too mature for a PG rating but parents still wanted their older children 9, 10 and 11 year olds to see.
Children younger than 12 years are able to attend 12A screenings but they must be accompanied by an adult someone over 18 at all times. It should also be noted that although 12A films are available to see in the cinema, when released on DVD, a film will be re-classified as either a 12 or a 15 rated picture.
Board members come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all have some parenting experience so they can look at movies with a parent's perspective.
Members of the board view each film submitted for a rating, estimate the appropriate rating individually, discuss their thoughts as a group and vote on what rating the film should receive.
The board also provides the producer of the film with an explanation of its decision, if the producer requests one. If the producer isn't happy with the rating the film receives, he can re-edit the film and resubmit it for rating, or he can appeal the board's decision.
In this case, the Appeals Board, which consists of 14 to 18 movie industry professionals, hears both sides of the argument and votes on whether to overturn the decision. A rating can only be overturned by a two-thirds majority vote. The rating process is largely subjective and is ever evolving. At this time, the Rating Board rates movies as follows:. This rating process is entirely optional; no filmmaker is required to submit her film for a CARA rating. Most filmmakers do because most movie theaters in the United States use the ratings system, and it's harder to get them to show a movie if it's not rated.
Filmmakers who do not submit their movies to the Rating Board are free to release their movie unrated or to apply any other rating system. They cannot use any of the above ratings, however, as they are trademarked. CARA is not associated with the U.
This rating system is used when movies come out in theaters and when they are released on video. It is intended only for use in the United States. Rating organizations in other countries apply their own ratings to U. Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Mobile Newsletter chat dots.
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