Funny MPAA ratings

[BLUEGRASS]

Gotta love the MPAA and some of their rating descriptions. Here are a few I've seen that make me chuckle:

• Alice In Wonderland (2010) – Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1992) – Rated PG for swashbuckling violence and mild language
  
• Batman Returns (1992) – Rated PG-13 for brooding, dark violence
  
• Grumpier Old Men (1995) – Rated PG-13 for salty language and innuendos
  
• Twister (1996) - Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather
  
• The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)- Rated PG for mild language and brief video images of violence and sexy dancing
  
• War of the Buttons (1994) - Rated PG for mischievous conflict, some mild language and bare bottoms

What are some other MPAA ratings that you find funny?

[chris_sc77]

Fight Club = Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language
Team America = Rated R for graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets

[The Debts]

One of the reasons Freddy Got Fingered was rated R was for "Bizarre Humor". That's putting it lightly.

[Mandalorian]

I don't know about funny wording in the descriptions, but I get a kick out of PG movies from the 80's and before that would be borderline R, if not R, today.

[svenge]

The all-time best one is:

Godzilla vs. Biollante - "Rated PG for traditional Godzilla violence."

[ScarredLungs]

Son of Rambow (2007) – Rated PG-13 for some violence and reckless behavior.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1992) – Rated PG for swashbuckling violence and mild language.
Ghost In The Machine (1993) – Rated R for high-tech horror violence
Bats (1999) – Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of bat attacks, and brief language.
Twister (1996) – Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather
Alice In Wonderland (2010) – Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995) – Rated PG-13 for non-stop ninja action
Matilda (1996) – Rated PG for elements of exaggerated meanness and ridicule, and for some mild language
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) – Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language
Josh & S.A.M. (1993) – Rated PG-13 for kids in jeopardy

[imsounoriginal]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) – Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language.

[feeling22]

The Skateboard Kid 2: Rated PG for brief mild language and an adolescent punch in the nose.

Twister: Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather.

[NP13]

Originally Posted by UnknownBesideArch

Not from the MPAA, but I always liked how the BBFC rated The Tree of Life a 12 for "Contains potentially dangerous behaviour".

I can't help but feel that that rating could be applied to pretty much every film I've ever seen.

I love that one.
I think it was Mr Bean's Holiday that got a PG for "Irresponsible Behaviour".

[AKORIS]

my favorite has always been DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE...


rated G

[Foggy]

Mother’s Boys - Rated R for language and for a mother’s sociopathic behavior.

Clerks – Rated R on appeal for extensive use of extremely explicit sex-related dialogue. (I don't think they mentioned how appalled they were by the dialogue in the film enough)

Matilda – Rated PG for elements of exaggerated meanness and ridicule, and for some mild language.

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up – Rated PG-13 for non-stop ninja action. (Probably the most positive review for that film.

Braindead– Rated R for an abundance of outrageous gore.

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

my favorite has always been DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE...


rated G

lol.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Mandalorian

I don't know about funny wording in the descriptions, but I get a kick out of PG movies from the 80's and before that would be borderline R, if not R, today.

Yeah, it makes you wonder sometimes. I was watching a Blu-ray the weekend where the commentary was talking about ratings and how weird they are to work with and how the word f*** will get you an R automatically. The commentary was from 2005 - how many X-men movies were rated R? What is really odd is a lot of those 80's movies were for nudity before PG-13 was created - how much nudity do you see in a PG-13 movie now? The ratings are such a mess.

[Kevin Holly]

I remember laughing really hard at the DVD box of Coach Carter many years ago, because the rating description mentioned a "scene of teen partying".

[dvdmike]

The Indian in the cupboard one is my favourite

[Buscemi]

I still think Trance being rated R for "grizzly images" is the best one.

[filmczy]

I'm still trying to figure out why the original Psycho is rated R. I mean Basic Instinct is rated R... how can you compare the content of one to the other and still come up with a restricted rating?


Oh, and don't forget Sixteen Candles with a full on set of hooters of the girl taking a shower in the locker room....it's rated PG!!!

[Buscemi]

Psycho was rated R in 1983 for a forthcoming home video release, before the creation of the PG-13 rating (the much more violent Psycho II could have also played a role in the R rating). If re-rated today, it would be easily a PG-13 but there were some protests from conservative groups over re-rating pre-1984 titles at the time so re-submissions of older movies have rarely happened as a result.

The only way Psycho gets re-rated is if a major reissue of the film happened or new footage was unearthed and edited back in. Universal isn't like Warner Bros. in re-submitting older titles.

[Spidey Blu]

Alien vs Predator PG-13 for slime and gore.

[lesco]

GREMLINS: "Some Scenes May Startle Young Children"

That was how it was tagged in New Zealand - I actually met the ratings board guy at a party and he told me he didn't want to restrict it but didn't know how to word an advisory for it.