How do the MPAA rate the movies?

Question

Whats the difference if a movie was rated for sexuality and another was rated for sexual content? If one movie was rated for some language, how many profanity can you say until its rated for language? Does it also depend of the length of the movie?

Answer 1

by its content

Answer 2

This is all supposition, since the MPAA's standards have never been made public.

The MPAA is a trade group for the movie industry. It's also one of the few non-governmental certificate sources in the world. (Certificates are the cool kids' term for the rating, because they're usually pasted at the start or end of a film in the form of a certificate. Of the countries listed in Wikipedia's article, only the US and Germany have non-governmental certificate authorities. Note also that many nations simply ban unacceptable films or censor their content.)

Generally speaking, the standards for a rating are based on a few factors.

Sex and nudity: A sex scene will almost always merit an instant R rating. Nudity also notches up the rating; full breast exposure also almost always merits an instant R.

Drug use. Drug use in a positive light merits an R. Drug use in a negative light is generally more tolerated. To a lesser extent, this also includes tobacco use and alcohol use. Underage use is more harshly rated.

Violence. In general, violence is the axis of rating which is most lenient. There are some pretty violent movies at the PG13 level. The levels of cruelty, gore, and visciousness, as well as how graphic the depictions of violence are determine the rating.

Profanity. The more vulgar words there are in a film, the higher the rating goes. Certain words are more heavily weighted than others (specifically, S---, F---, and C---- trigger an R rating).

Having said that, there's also a tendancy of MPAA to rate member studios' movies more lightly than independents. This is seen by some to be an anticompetitive move to make independent films less accessible.

Finally, MPAA ratings are immature. What do I mean by that? While MPAA has an adults-only rating, the NC17 almost never gets tacked onto a movie. It's seen as "the kiss of death", ensuring low theatrical grosses and significantly decreased rental volume (since the major chains refuse to stock them.) There are many excellent movies that are classified adults only by various national certificate boards which are forced to be released unrated in the US since MPAA would slap on that undesirable label.

Answer 3

The ratings are decided by a full-time Rating Board located in Los Angeles. There are 10-13 members of the Board who serve for periods of varying length. They work for the Classification and Rating Administration, which is funded by fees charged to producers/distributors for the rating of their films. The MPAA Chairman chooses the Chairman of the Rating Board, thereby insulating the Board from industry or other group pressure. No one in the movie industry has the authority or power to push the Board in any direction or otherwise influence it. One of the highest accolades to be conferred on the rating system is that from its birth in 1968 to this day, there has never been even the slightest jot of evidence that the rating system has deliberately fudged a decision or bowed to pressure. The Rating Board has always conducted itself at the highest level of integrity. That is a large, honorable, and valuable asset. There are no special qualifications for Board membership, except that the members must have a shared parenthood experience, must be possessed of an intelligent maturity, and most of all, have the capacity to put themselves in the role of most American parents so they can view a film and apply a rating that most parents would find suitable and helpful in aiding their decisions about their children and what movies they see.

No one is forced to submit a film to the Board for rating, but the vast majority of producers/distributors opt to do so. Any producer/distributor who wants no part of any rating system is free to go to the market without any rating, or with any description or symbol they choose, as long as it is not confusingly similar to the G, PG, PG-13, R, and, NC-17. The rating symbols are federally registered certification marks of the MPAA and may not be self-applied.

The Board views each film. Each member estimates what most parents would consider to be that film and appropriate rating. After group discussion, the Board votes on the rating. Each member completes a rating form spelling out his or her reason for the rating. The rating is then decided by majority vote.

Answer 4

They are a group of people like a self appointed committee that decides based on their thinking and Hollywood goes along. If you need to know the differences in what the rating or content warning Menes, pull up the V-chip direction or channel lock for minors on you re cable system and they will explain.

Answer 5

I dont think they rate it by length. If the movie uses cuss words once in a while, they'll make the film R-13 or maybe even R-18.

Answer 6

They make perverts watch the movie and they moniter them during the showing. The happier the perverts get the closer to X rated it gets.

Answer 7

the first person should get 10 points

Answer 8

"How do the MPAA rate the movies?"

Poorly.

Answer 9

thay watch it and if it is bad than it will be ratted r du

Answer 10

dont know