I dont understand why movies are rated PG-13 and PG. I know it stands for parental guidence suggested or strongly suggested but how would this help? kids and their parents would still be wathching the movie together but the kid(s) will still view the movie.
Any reasons why this is?
2006-12-05 07:27:43 · 8 answers · asked by Staci 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The ratings let the parent know sortof what they can expect. If you have a seven year old child, you may not want them to see a movie that's PG-13 due to violence, language or sexual scenes. The movie being PG-13 prevents your child from getting in without an adult. However, if you have no problem with your child seeing this movie... you can take them to see it.
2006-12-05 07:41:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
PG and PG-13 are the different between my family taking my young brother or not. Some parents actually do still follow the guidelines and pay attention to the ratings. It's completely idiotic to take a four year old into a PG-13 movie, but people do it. The ratings are there to show how graphic the content of the movie is and, when properly heeded, keep children from seeing things too intense for them.
It also can give a heads up to parents how much of a hand they'll need in letting their kids see the movie. It might not make a difference whether the kid sees it if it's PG-13 instead of PG, but it may mean that the parent will want to explain or talk to their children about more things they saw in the film.
Also, PG and PG-13 make it so that the children can not get into the theaters without an adult. No one under thirteen is supposed to be allowed into a PG-13 movie without an adult present.
2006-12-05 07:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by lotrbabe19 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From the MPAA website...
PG-13 is a sterner warning to parents, particularly when deciding which movies are not suitable for younger children. Parents, by the rating, are alerted to be very careful about the attendance of their under-teenage children. A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, or other contents, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category. Any drug use content will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. In effect, the PG-13 cautions parents with more stringency than usual to give special attention to this film before they allow their 12-year-olds and younger to attend. If nudity is sexually oriented, the film will generally not be found in the PG-13 category. If violence is too rough or persistent, the film goes into the R (restricted) rating. A film's single use of one of the harsher sexually derived words, though only as an expletive, shall initially require the Rating Board to issue that film at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive must lead the Rating Board to issue a film an R rating, as must even one of these words used in a sexual context. These films can be rated less severely, however, if by a special vote, the Rating Board feels that a lesser rating would more responsibly reflect the opinion of American parents.
PG-13 places larger responsibilities on parents for their children and moviegoing. The voluntary rating system is not a surrogate parent, nor should it be. It cannot, and should not, insert itself in family decisions that only parents can make. Its purpose is to give pre-screened informational warnings, so that parents can form their own judgments. PG-13 is designed to make parental decisions easier for films between PG and R.
2006-12-05 08:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MPAA Movie Ratings:
G - General Audience
PG - Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
R - Restricted
NC-17 - No Children 17 and Under
2016-09-05 00:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by Vince Tolentino 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two films caused the creation of PG-13
Gremlins (scares)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (heart removal)
Booth were marketed towards kids and parents were "shocked" by the amount of gore/scares. It was decided that their should be a rating to warn parents that a movie may not be appropriate for young viewers but the film does not warrant an R rating.
2006-12-05 07:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PG is parental guidance
PG-13 is the same but u should be 13 to watch the movie
2006-12-05 07:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by Princess Kay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
rated PG there no violence or any foul language at all.
For instance, in the movie Happy Feet, this movie should've been rated PG13 because there is a scene where the penguin
almost gets killed and there are two killer whales attacking other
penguins, it was a bit dramatic I think.
2006-12-05 07:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sabine 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
So the children can't go to the movie without their parent.
2006-12-05 07:31:30 · answer #8 · answered by bentleypup 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋