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A Information-only rating: For all age groups. B Information-only rating: For adolescents 12 years and older. B-15 Information-only rating: Not recommended for children under 15. C Restrictive rating: For adults 18 and older. D Restrictive rating: Adult movies (legally prohibited to those under 18 years of age).
Despite this, an internal critic of the early workings of the ratings system is film critic and writer Stephen Farber, who was a CARA intern for six months during 1969 and 1970. In The Movie Ratings Game, [92] he documents a prejudice against sex in relation to violence.
A content rating (also known as maturity rating) [1] [2] rates the suitability of TV shows, movies, comic books, or video games to this primary targeted audience. [3] [4] [5] A content rating usually places a media source into one of a number of different categories, to show which age group is suitable to view media and entertainment.
In 1996, the MPA reworded the NC-17 rating to "No One 17 and Under Admitted", effectively raising the minimum age for admission from 17 to 18. [2] This list includes films that received—and were released with—an NC-17 rating; films that received it but had it rescinded before release are not included. Rescissions occur most often in the ...
The R-rating applies to the United States, with similar ratings given in TV-MA for television and home-video releases, as well as other countries such as 14A and 18A in Canada, 12, 15 or 18 in the United Kingdom and MA 15+ in Australia. All lists in this article are unadjusted for inflation.
The MPA was founded as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) in 1922 as a trade association of member motion picture companies. At its founding, MPPDA member companies produced approximately 70 to 80 percent of the films made in the United States. [4]
Disney Plus must steer in behind the UK’s age rating standards for its content, Tory MPs have told the Government, amid claims the service has deemed inappropriate material suitable for children.
Except for G, all MTRCB cinema ratings are mandatory. No children under the age of 13 may be admitted to a PG-rated film unless when accompanied by an adult. All cinemas are required to check the ages of all patrons who wish to view age-restricted content in a cinema.