PG (MPA)

A PG rated film, in the United States, means persons of all ages are admitted, but parental guidance is suggested for children. Parents should decide if the children should see the movie or recommend parental guidance. Films with this rating can have some violence, mild language, and brief nudity. It means: Parental Guidance Suggested - Some Material May Not Be Suitable for Children.

The rating was introduced in 1972, replacing the GP rating that was introduced in 1970, which in turn replaced the M rating (introduced in 1968). The rating was subtitled Some Material May Not Be Suitable for Pre-Teenagers from 1972-1977.

Antz is the first computer-animated film to be rated PG, while The Black Cauldron is the first Disney animated film to also receive the rating.

Equivalent to: TV Parental Guidelines' TV-Y7-FV and TV-PG ratings and ESRB's E10+ rating.

Factors[]

Violence[]

The violence allowed in a PG rated movie is usually mild. Sometimes it can be a little stronger, but that depends on the context (comedy, fantasy, etc.). Graphic/intense violence or gore/excessive blood is not usually allowed in a PG rated movie. Jaws is an exception to that rule. However, that movie was made before the PG-13 rating was created.

Sexual content[]

Sometimes there could be some suggestive scenes/references, but graphic sexual content is not allowed. Nudity is allowed, but it must be very brief and not in a sexual context (e.g. brief view of a woman's breasts or a man/woman's buttocks). Genitalia is normally not allowed to be shown with a PG.

An example of brief nudity in a PG rated movie can be Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania due to Griffin being naked. Another example is Brave which features a scene where the bare butts of Fergus and his army are shown when they are locked out of a castle.

Language[]

In the modern age PG rated movies are the minimum rating for using profanity, G formerly allowed very mild terms like "damn" and "hell", use of language such as "b*tch", "sh*t", "bastard" and "ass" are allowed but they will not be persistent or aggressive.

Racial slurs like the N-word are allowed to be used, but only in an educational or historical context (e.g. Disney's Glory Road). Any other use will get at least a PG-13.

Drug use[]

There could be some brief, mild drug references, but actual use of illegal drugs is not allowed.

PG is also the lowest rating to allow tobacco use, ever since 2007 when the MPA changed its rules to have smoking as a classifiable element. However, a lot of films that show smoking (mostly old Disney films) are allowed to keep their G ratings because they were made before 2007.

Themes[]

There could be some mature themes such as death, bereavement, bullying, disease, disaster, etc. However, these will be milder than what a PG-13 rating allows.

There could also be some more exaggerated "toilet" humor, but not excessively crude.