G — General Audiences. All Ages Admitted. A A G-rated motion picture
contains nothing in theme, language, nudity, sex, violence or other matters
that, in the view of the Rating Board, would offend parents whose younger
children view the motion picture. The G rating is not a "certificate of
approval," nor does it signify a "children’s" motion picture. Some snippets
of language may go beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday
expressions. No stronger words are present in G-rated motion pictures.
Depictions of violence are minimal. No nudity, sex scenes or drug use are
present in the motion picture.
PG — Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For
Children. A PG-rated motion picture should be investigated by parents before
they let their younger children attend. The PG rating indicates, in the
view of the Rating Board, that parents may consider some material unsuitable
for their children, and parents should make that decision. The more mature
themes in some PG-rated motion pictures may call for parental guidance.
There may be some profanity and some depictions of violence or brief nudity.
But these elements are 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 generally not both
realistic and extreme or persistent violence. A motion picture’s single use
of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive,
initially 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.
