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The MPAA has consistently cited nationwide scientific polls (conducted each year by the Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, New Jersey), which show that parents find the ratings useful. Critics such as Matt Stone in Kirby Dick's documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated respond this proves only that parents find the ratings more useful than ...
This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. [11] Programs may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include infrequent coarse language, some sexual content, some suggestive dialogue, or moderate violence.
The MPA's "NC-17" rating symbol. NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) [1] is the highest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18. [1]
Films with this rating may be sold without any age restriction provided they do not contain any material "evidently harmful to the development of children and youths". [58] The FSK rating also limits the time of the day in which the movie may be aired on free-to-air TV stations to a time frame between 22:00 (FSK 16) or 23:00 (FSK 18) and 6:00.
The ghost with the most is back − only with a different rating this time. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," the sequel to Tim Burton's 1988 horror comedy "Beetlejuice," starts haunting theaters this ...
In response, the MPAA posted its ratings rules, policies, and procedures, as well as its appeals process, online. [65] According to the MPA, the ratings are made by an independent group of parents. [66] According to a 2015 study commissioned by CARA, ninety-three percent of parents in the U.S. find the rating system to be a helpful tool. [67]
These details were significant in the context of the film's critique of the MPAA ratings process, as the MPAA had said (according to the film) that the review board was composed of average American parents, with children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 17, who serve on the board for fewer than seven years.):
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has launched a new ad campaign to let parents know that a.) Video game boxes have big black letters on them and b.) Those letters mean something to ...