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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
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en
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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
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en
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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
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en
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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
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en
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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
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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").