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This rating system has been adopted in these regions for the
specified usage:
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
Y
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HAC Ordinal: |
0 |
Localized Definitions
General Audiences
(en)
All Ages Admitted
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
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.
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
Y
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HAC Ordinal: |
3 |
Localized Definitions
Parental Guidance Suggested
(en)
Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
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.
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
N
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HAC Ordinal: |
3 |
Localized Definitions
Mature Audiences
(en)
Suggested for Mature Audiences (Parental Discretion Advised)
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
Equivalent to PG. This rating was used between 1968 and 1969, when it was replaced
with the 'GP' rating.
Parental Guidance Suggested
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Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
N
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HAC Ordinal: |
3 |
Localized Definitions
Parental Guidance Suggested
(en)
All Ages Admitted - Parental Guidance Suggested.
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
Equivalent to PG. This rating was used between 1970 and 1972, when it was replaced
with the 'PG' rating.
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
13 |
Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
Y
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HAC Ordinal: |
6 |
Localized Definitions
Parents Strongly Cautioned
(en)
Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
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.
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Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
17 |
Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
N.A.
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Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
N.A.
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Attributes
HAC Usage: |
Y
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HAC Ordinal: |
9 |
Localized Definitions
Restricted
(en)
Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian.
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
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.
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
18 |
Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
18 |
Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
18 |
Attributes
HAC Usage: |
Y
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HAC Ordinal: |
80 |
Localized Definitions
No One 17 and Under Admitted
(en)
Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
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
Age Restrictions
Min Recommend Age: |
18 |
Min Allowed Age (Supervised): |
18 |
Min Allowed Age (Unsupervised): |
18 |
Attributes
HAC Usage: |
N
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HAC Ordinal: |
80 |
Localized Definitions
No One 17 and Under Admitted
(en)
No One 17 and Under Admitted
Reasons and Content Descriptors
Explanation
Equivalent to NC-17. This rating was in use from 1968 to 1990. Mainstream films rated
"X" are routinely re-rated as "NC-17" (or occasionally "R").