So does Hollywood make rated-G movies anymore?

[CyberpunkCentral]

I haven't noticed one in a very long time.

[mwynn]

By the power of google.

https://www.moviefone.com/new-movie-releases/g/

[Farerb]

I have no idea why some movies even get a PG.

[Lee A Stewart]

https://www.filmratings.com/

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by farerb

I have no idea why some movies even get a PG.

Pretty sure the MPA is more strict now, Finding Dory felt friendlier to young kids than Nemo did for instance. But glad to see Toy Story 4 get a G, feel like The Peanuts Movie was last notable film to get a G before that.

[captveg]

G and PG have become essentially the same rating. Most PG films should be G, and most PG-13 films should be PG.

[Monterey Jack]

"PG" is the new "G".

[Lee A Stewart]

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by captveg

G and PG have become essentially the same rating. Most PG films should be G, and most PG-13 films should be PG.

^ This.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by captveg

G and PG have become essentially the same rating. Most PG films should be G, and most PG-13 films should be PG.

Yep. I've wondered if there's some stigma against the G rating, so studios lobby the MPAA for the PG. "G sounds like it's just for kids, but PG might bring in some others who wouldn't normally give it a chance."

And yeah, several PG-13 movies could easily have been PG, mainly Disney ones. Off the top of my head, The Force Awakens and the Ant-Man duo would easily have been PG 20 years earlier.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

And yeah, several PG-13 movies could easily have been PG, mainly Disney ones. Off the top of my head, The Force Awakens and the Ant-Man duo would easily have been PG 20 years earlier.

Rated PG forty years ago:



Rated PG today:

[Jay H.]

I was recently watching Dark Star, rated G, and the word "damn" is used quite a few times. This was 1974. I honestly wonder if the movie would get anything other than a PG-13 today.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Originally Posted by captveg

G and PG have become essentially the same rating. Most PG films should be G, and most PG-13 films should be PG.

And when you get a legitimate PG movie like Coraline, Paranorman, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse, Into the Woods (2014), or The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), that's when parents start throwing hissy fits. Because apparently PG is suppose to automatically mean kids movie, not a film that's too mature for G but isn't explicit enough for PG-13.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Yep. I've wondered if there's some stigma against the G rating, so studios lobby the MPAA for the PG. "G sounds like it's just for kids, but PG might bring in some others who wouldn't normally give it a chance."

And yeah, several PG-13 movies could easily have been PG, mainly Disney ones. Off the top of my head, The Force Awakens and the Ant-Man duo would easily have been PG 20 years earlier.

Yes, the studios think people automatically think that the G rating means baby movie with no legitimate substance and thus a box office kiss a death, so they would add one innuendo or mild swear or one scene of intense action to get a PG to avoid box office death. If anything, the G rating has practically joined NC-17 as a stigmatized and avoided rating.

[Bugg]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

https://www.filmratings.com/

G: Nothing that would offend... It's 2020 and no such thing exists.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

I think the only reason the Toy Story movies keep getting G ratings is because the characters are toys, thus I guess it isn't as intense or emotional in the MPA's eyes. That's my only guess, because Toy Story 3 was more intense than a lot of modern PG rated movies I've seen.

[Bugg]

I'm guessing this would not get a G today

The hunchback of notre dame - Hellfire HD - YouTube

[Farerb]

Most of Disney's 90's films would have gotten PG today, Hunchback might have even gotten PG-13.
As for the Disney and Pixar films today, I personally would have rated everyone of them G with the exception of Brave and Incredibles 2 and perhaps Tangled and Moana (but these two are reaching).

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Originally Posted by farerb

Most of Disney's 90's films would have gotten PG today, Hunchback might have even gotten PG-13.
As for the Disney and Pixar films today, I personally would have rated everyone of them G with the exception of Brave and Incredibles 2 and perhaps Tangled and Moana (but these two are reaching).

Nah, for an animated movie, Hunchback is too tame to be given a PG-13. You have to get pretty harsh for PG-13 animation, like mass shootings (Batman The Dark Knight Returns), arms/heads shot off with arrows (Princess Mononoke), constantly bleeding/dying characters, a corpse of woman holding her dead baby (9 [2009]), and so forth. Even today, the MPAA is very relaxed on animation. If Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse or Coraline were live action movies, they would absolutely be PG-13; but since they're animated, they're PG.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by CrazyBlu-RayFan

Yes, the studios think people automatically think that the G rating means baby movie with no legitimate substance and thus a box office kiss a death, so they would add one innuendo or mild swear or one scene of intense action to get a PG to avoid box office death. If anything, the G rating has practically joined NC-17 as a stigmatized and avoided rating.

The last G movie that I saw that wasn't some cartoon aimed at small children was Mr. Bean's Holiday, which surprised me but I thought that maybe because it was a British film aimed at primarily British audiences they maybe didn't care about what the US rating was.