MPAA Ratings
and Facts



G General Audiences - All ages admitted. Signifies that the film
rated contains nothing most parents will consider offensive for
even their youngest children to see or hear. Nudity, sex scenes,
and scenes of drug use are absent; violence is minimal; snippets
of dialogue may go beyond polite conversation but do not go
beyond common everyday expressions.





PG Parental Guidance Suggested - Some material may not be
suitable for children. Signifies that the film rated may contain
some material parents might not like to expose to their young
children - material that will clearly need to be examined or
inquired about before children are allowed to attend the film.
Explicit sex scenes and scenes of drug use are absent; nudity, if
present, is seen only briefly, horror and violence do not exceed
moderate levels.





PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be
inappropriate for children under 13. Signifies that the film rated
may be inappropriate for pre-teens. Parents should be especially
careful about letting their younger children attend. Rough or
persistent violence is absent; sexually-oriented-nudity is
generally absent; some scenes of drug use may be seen; some
use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words may be heard.





R Restricted - Under 17 required accompanying parent or adult
guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions). Signifies that the
rating board has concluded that the film rated may contain some
adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film
before taking their children to see it. An R may be assigned due
to, among other things, a film's use of language, theme, violence,
sex or its portrayal of drug use.





NC-17 No One 17 and Under Admitted. Signifies that the rating
board believes that most American parents would feel that the
film is patently adult and that children age 17 and under should
not be admitted to it. The film may contain explicit sex scenes, an
accumulation of sexually-oriented language, and/or scenes of
excessive violence. The NC-17 designation does not, however,
signify that the rated film is obscene or pornographic in terms of
sex, language or violence.