What Parents Should Know About Movie Ratings
PG Movies (including those marketed to children) Have Included the Following Content:
- A man stares at a woman's brests and grabs them.
- A woman jokes that a certain drink "will make your testicles fall off."
- A woman is shown bathing in a river wearing a white tank top and panties.
- The movies "bad guys" talk about "cutting people up" into chunks, getting "whacked," and "carving you up piece by piece."
- One character says, "You pansy a-- retards are dead. I’m going to slaughter you like veal."
- Profanities such as "d--n", "h-ll", and "piss off."
- A man in a bar does shots and patron place bets on how many he can do.
- A teenager uses X-ray sunglasses to look at women's underwear.
- A man fondles plastic breasts that he pulled off an anatomy model.
- To help a teenager sharpen his skills at "getting the girl," adults give a teenager a lesson that involves a computer animation showing a nude man and women (with little black boxes to cover certain parts).
- Three women sneak into a man's home and bedroom, and throw open their overcoats. Underneath the coats, the girls are wearing only lingerie.
- Two women get drunk in a hotel room.
- Characters use profanities such as, "h-ll," "d--n," and "a--"
The first seven items are from "Kangaroo Jack," the next three are from "Agent Cody Banks," and the last three are from "Chasing Papi."
PG-13 Movies Have Included the Following Content:
- Two people are seen in bed impling sex, and the man purposely overturns the woman's wedding photograph with her husband.
- A man lies to a woman to make her have sex with him, "You were hot stuff. I would have said anything to get a piece of that."
- A woman is hanged onscreen.
- Two characters kiss passionately in the rain, which leads them into bed.
- The following is left on a telephone answering machine: "Every time we sleep together I wake up alone."
- A man is beaten to death in the street.
- A man is cut in half by a subway.
- A female is murdered by having her throat slit with a playing card and then stabbed with a dagger.
- Scenes at a dance club and a strip club feature erotic dancing.
- Teenagers drink alcoholic drings with names such as "Slippery Nipple" and "Screaming Orgasm on the Beach."
- A male character details the many places a person can hide drugs - including sexual ones.
- A woman, whose boyfriend left her after a week and a half of dating tells another character that they had sex on the second day of thier relationship.
- After nine days of dating, two characters have sex the male character's parent's shower.
- Profanities including the F-word.
- A man is killed while viewing Internet pornography.
- An unmarried couple move in together and a sexual relationship is implied.
The first three items are from "Chicago," the next five are from "Daredevil," the next three are from "The Hot Chick," the next two are from "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," the next two are from "Willard," and the last one from "View From the Top."
To read a movie review before your child sees it, check out the following links:
Kids In Mind
Parents Television Council Movie Reviews
Focus on the Family Movie Reviews
For more, visit Yahoo's List of Film Reviews for Parents
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