Yeah, I've always found it strange that less and less movies are being rated G these days. The MPAA and parents in general have become so persnickety in regards to family films and as such are giving the PG rating less value. They really need to chill. Excellent video Stefan ✌️
Here in the UK, the BBFC rated Cruella a “12A” which is our equivalent to your “PG-13”, but the BBFC rated the Simpsons movie and also the Bob’s burgers movie I think a PG while they got PG-13 ratings by MPAA.
I far as I can tell, there hasn’t been an all live action film that wasn’t either a documentary or re-release to receive a g rating since 2014 with Eros Entertainment’s Dr Cabbie
Interesting enough, Babe: Pig in the City was originally rated PG. You can even find a few tv spots on TH-cam, advertising the movie with that rating. But the studio then appealed the rating down to a G.
Even the latest disneynature film, Polar Bears got a PG and I'm pretty sure Lightyear will be PG as well. Both are for more understandable reasons but this adds to the G rating falling out of use. The first planes movie at least didn't really have content as scary as cars 2 or even cars 3 yet got a pg rating anyway. Finding Dory actually was a bit more lighthearted than finding Nemo (dory getting lost isn't as intense as a Barbuda fish killing marlin's family) yet dory got a pg over the g rating Nemo had
@@MrCoat But even that flashback scene didn't feel as intense as when that one car was burned to death in cars 2. Planes 2's PG was a bit more understandable though
And yet there are still parents that take their very young kids to movies geared for older folks. Saw parents bring 5 and 7 ish year Olds to Team America.
I have even come up with a new system of bare minimum standards for what justifies a PG rating. I also find any PG movies with ‘some’ or ‘mild’ hilarious because that’s basically admitting to being a G rating in disguise.
And also apparently the MPAA thinks a scene where a character asks another character what a certain character's foot size is is enough to get a PG rating. But yet a movie that has a song that has the word: "Hell", in its lyric, as well as a joke about a kid slamming his "You know what" with a toilet seat lid doesn't get a rating higher than PG? Yeah, I still can't believe Home Alone 3 got a PG rating despite it having those two aspects.
Temple of Doom and Gremlins both got PG, but they each contained some scenes of violence that were deemed way inappropriate for younger viewers, so Steven Spielberg who executive produced and directed the respective films reached out to Jack Valenti and suggested either PG-13 or PG-14. Valenti got back to Spielberg and they agreed to PG-13. Since then, PG-13 has been relevant to action films as was PG is to family films as the G rating has been mostly dormant in the last few years.
I remember the worst out of cruella being that cruella's supposed mother was pushed off a cliff. The lion king 2019 remake got a PG rating with a similar scene and the original 1994 animated film got a G. So why did the mpaa thinks this warranted a pg 13? Even with saving mr banks, the pg 13 made sense as there was an attempted suicide plus the lead's father destroying his life with alcohil
Oops. And honestly kind of surprising. You would think the college parties and the Dean Hardscrabble character would be enough for the MPAA to slap the PG on it. But I agree with the G they gave it.
With the amount family films, both in live action and animated, released nowadays that features certain content that would have been deemed inappropriate years ago, they might as well be label be rated R instead of G or PG. Especially the upcoming release of Pixar's Lightyear.
I think it depends on how you use the rating. I find the ratings board in Ontario, Canada tends to be fair and accurate. I do think movie classifications are important. The problem with the MPAA is they have a broken system. For example, they only allow a certain number of f-words in a PG-13, but you can shoot as many people as you like in a PG-13 as long as it's not gory.
G rated meant General Audiences or All Ages Admitted. It didn't automatically mean a kids movie. Many Disney films had scary and/or violent content - either implied or softened. The year 1970 saw two films rated G that would not have received the same rating today: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH. DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE (1975) had pulpy action and soft violence. LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) had no violence or sex, just some occasional scares and suspense. Sometimes, it seems like the subject matter is being pre-judged.
For some reason the first Toy Story and first Cars films are rated PG in the U.K. and only gotten Gs in the US. I don’t understand why the BBFC rated those films PG in the U.K.
For Toy Story is because of the scene where Sid is doing horrible stuff to the toys and cars is because a character says bloody which is a swear word that would get you a PG
@@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman that makes sense since Bloody is a swear word in the U.K. while over in America it isn’t a bad word and Americans just say bloody in the context of blood.
@@jamesmoranthefascinatingyo1764 No unfortunately. The last G rated movie released in theaters was Paw Patrol The Movie in 2021. The last Pixar movie to be released in theaters and rated G was Toy Story 4 in 2019. Before that, there were a few other G rated films in theaters including Toy Story 3 in 2010 despite containing graphic violence, peril, and a depressing ending that makes grown adults cry. Rio 1 in 2011, Cars 2 in 2011 which contained some violence and mild humor, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Chipwrecked in 2011 which contains light language and humor, gambling, and some subtle sexual references, Monsters University in 2013 which had adult humor from the college references, Rio 2 in 2014, The Peanuts Movie in 2015, and finally Cars 3 in 2017 which contained some light violence and action scenes and a demolition derby scene but they were all great movies. It’s a shame the MPAA doesn’t rate G movies as often as they used to anymore since Paw Patrol The Movie in 2021.
That's where we get the trope "Avoid the dreaded G rating". They think it's all kiddie crap and that no one wants to see it. I think they forget that Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas got G ratings despite referencing mature themes.
The Paw Patrol sequel coming out next month is getting a PG. So the moments of suspense and action in the first film were ok but not in this one because... superpowers? I doubt a movie based on the Paw Patrol will be too edgy or intense for preschoolers.
The first two Rugrats movies were rated G despite their rude humor and potty jokes. However Go Wild was bumped to a PG but had less use of the humor used in the previous shows.
Not really MPAA rated but the people who made the Paddington movie were shooting for a U (the UKs equivalent of a G rating) but they got a PG instead. There was even controversy about it. Here in America, the films also got a PG rating (because of course they did).
I think most old Disney and/or Pixar movies in general would be rated pg nowadays. Off the top of my head the only films I can think of that would be able to get a G are the Aristocats, The Sword In The Stone, and MAYBE Robin Hood although there are slightly risqué jokes in the latter that haven’t aged well such as Little John dressing up as a woman and one of Prince John’s rhino guards whistling at his big butt
@@Glasshouse828The Aristocats and The Sword in the stone have some smoking. Smoking is an automatic PG now. In The Aristocats it's very brief but it's there, and there's some racial stereotypes they wouldn’t allow now. And Duchess sings “If you want to turn me on”.
U should talk about the PG-13 next because that changed since it was created til now. Some movies feel PG-13 and some is like R rated content being wash out with soap making it righteous. Cruella is Rated PG-13 because the scene where the she was tied to the chair with the building set on fire, and the dogs pushing her mother into the water. Getting revenge could be a reason as well.
The animated Beast at first is a lot more genuinely frightening at the beginning of Beauty and the Beast and is monstrously aggressive towards everyone, as well as the wolves. And Ursula' death as well as Flotsom and Jetsom's demise and I even find The Little Mermaid itself to be a soft-core erotic story, and the Cave of Wonders in Aladdin is intimidating as well obviously, (a large white glowing eyed panther head with a booming voice) a few examples like that. Fun fact: 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is and two other subsequent sequels are all PG rated. What's in in them that's really worth parental guidance?
@@tylerfish2701 And maybe the Thug Tug scene where tough thug threaten to beat other fish up nearly to death if they acted like immature”babies blowing bubbles” or even Plankton’s ruthless hired professional assassin Dennis.
There was a time briefly when perform PG and PG-13 were invented like in the 70's some movies would be given this rating even if they had some...rather crude jokes, i.e Animal House for example (at least the trailers said that).
I’m too naive about parents and how much they pay attention to ratings. Since turning 18, I haven’t checked too often for the ratings of movies, but I guess I just assume most kids movies are PG nowadays. I’m shocked that Toy Story 3 did get a G, based on what that movie has compared to other PG kids films
It seems Toy Story and Cars sequels have to be G. Maybe they’re afraid Toy Story and Cars fans would be offended if they got PG ratings. Lightyear got a PG, but it's a spin-off and it feels like it earns its PG. Maybe Toy Story 3 and Cars 2 should’ve been PG, or milder G rated films.
G rating then: Killing, references to alcohol and smoking, blood, strong language G rating now: Seen as the baby rating PG then: Blood, stronger language, nude scenes, severed limbs, impaled bodies, faces being melted or peeled off, exploding heads, etc. PG now: Seen as how the G rating is supposed to be seen PG-13 then: Intense violence, intense language, sexual situations, alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling, weapon use, etc. PG-13 now: Seen as a kids' or family rating What next? Is R going to be seen as a kids' rating? Or NC-17? Is NC-17 going to be seen as a rating for childrens' movies? Is the MPA going to eliminate the G rating entirely, like how the ESRB got rid of the EC rating?
Humans burp and say shut up in real life, so there's absolutely no reason to warrant a movie with a PG rating in fiction if humans do so in real life. Let's say in the future somebody invents a universal remote that can stamp any human being based on how inappropriate their behavior is! Just another case of political correctness gone mad.
The MPAA is sensitive nowadays when it comes to rating movies (although they've been sensitive when it comes to rating things in the past too) but tf does them giving a film a PG rating to a movie just because someone burps and says shut up have to do with political correctness.
@@summerjonz Again, what does the MPAA giving movies a PG rating over a gross out joke and someone saying shut up have to do with political correctness exactly? That isn't the type of thing I think about when I hear "political correctness" and it's related terms.
I'm glad Disney and Pixar are giving their movies the PG rating. That way, They can tell stories however they want and they don't have to listen to the complaints of the censorship board.
Yeah, I've always found it strange that less and less movies are being rated G these days. The MPAA and parents in general have become so persnickety in regards to family films and as such are giving the PG rating less value. They really need to chill. Excellent video Stefan ✌️
Here in the UK, the BBFC rated Cruella a “12A” which is our equivalent to your “PG-13”, but the BBFC rated the Simpsons movie and also the Bob’s burgers movie I think a PG while they got PG-13 ratings by MPAA.
I far as I can tell, there hasn’t been an all live action film that wasn’t either a documentary or re-release to receive a g rating since 2014 with Eros Entertainment’s Dr Cabbie
no surprise that I learned that Babe (1995) was G-rated!
Interesting enough, Babe: Pig in the City was originally rated PG. You can even find a few tv spots on TH-cam, advertising the movie with that rating. But the studio then appealed the rating down to a G.
@@MrCoat I thought they had to edit that film to a G rating. And there were a couple of rumors I thought I heard about babe 2 originally being PG-13
@@MrCoat Even though there's a line in that movie about someone tying a puppy up in a bag and throwing him into the water.
Even the latest disneynature film, Polar Bears got a PG and I'm pretty sure Lightyear will be PG as well. Both are for more understandable reasons but this adds to the G rating falling out of use.
The first planes movie at least didn't really have content as scary as cars 2 or even cars 3 yet got a pg rating anyway.
Finding Dory actually was a bit more lighthearted than finding Nemo (dory getting lost isn't as intense as a Barbuda fish killing marlin's family) yet dory got a pg over the g rating Nemo had
I think Planes got it because of the World War II flashback scene, the same reason Christopher Robin also got a PG.
@@MrCoat But even that flashback scene didn't feel as intense as when that one car was burned to death in cars 2.
Planes 2's PG was a bit more understandable though
And yet there are still parents that take their very young kids to movies geared for older folks. Saw parents bring 5 and 7 ish year Olds to Team America.
I can understand nature documentaries getting pg ratings given well…. Nature can be cruel and disturbing.
Finding Nemo should have been rated PG in the first place because of the violence, death scenes with Coral and her 400 eggs, and the shark scenes.
In the end, the MPAA doesn't give a cuss.
I have even come up with a new system of bare minimum standards for what justifies a PG rating. I also find any PG movies with ‘some’ or ‘mild’ hilarious because that’s basically admitting to being a G rating in disguise.
I don’t want the G rating to disappear completely like the EC rating for video games
spirit stallion of the cimarron watching it nowadays i can't believe it didn't get a PG rating
And also apparently the MPAA thinks a scene where a character asks another character what a certain character's foot size is is enough to get a PG rating.
But yet a movie that has a song that has the word: "Hell", in its lyric, as well as a joke about a kid slamming his "You know what" with a toilet seat lid doesn't get a rating higher than PG? Yeah, I still can't believe Home Alone 3 got a PG rating despite it having those two aspects.
Great video!
Temple of Doom and Gremlins both got PG, but they each contained some scenes of violence that were deemed way inappropriate for younger viewers, so Steven Spielberg who executive produced and directed the respective films reached out to Jack Valenti and suggested either PG-13 or PG-14. Valenti got back to Spielberg and they agreed to PG-13. Since then, PG-13 has been relevant to action films as was PG is to family films as the G rating has been mostly dormant in the last few years.
PG-14? You mean TV-14. if so that's a TV rating!
I remember the worst out of cruella being that cruella's supposed mother was pushed off a cliff. The lion king 2019 remake got a PG rating with a similar scene and the original 1994 animated film got a G. So why did the mpaa thinks this warranted a pg 13?
Even with saving mr banks, the pg 13 made sense as there was an attempted suicide plus the lead's father destroying his life with alcohil
Monsters University also got a G rating
Oops. And honestly kind of surprising. You would think the college parties and the Dean Hardscrabble character would be enough for the MPAA to slap the PG on it. But I agree with the G they gave it.
@@MrCoat They actually gave the party central short based on monsters University a PG rating for the reason you described
I can remember in the mid-90s, we had a weekly movie time but the movie had to be rated G, nowadays we'd have hardly anything to watch.
With the amount family films, both in live action and animated, released nowadays that features certain content that would have been deemed inappropriate years ago, they might as well be label be rated R instead of G or PG. Especially the upcoming release of Pixar's Lightyear.
Some people said that movies ratings are bogus nowadays, what's your opinion?
I think it depends on how you use the rating. I find the ratings board in Ontario, Canada tends to be fair and accurate.
I do think movie classifications are important. The problem with the MPAA is they have a broken system. For example, they only allow a certain number of f-words in a PG-13, but you can shoot as many people as you like in a PG-13 as long as it's not gory.
G rated meant General Audiences or All Ages Admitted. It didn't automatically mean a kids movie. Many Disney films had scary and/or violent content - either implied or softened. The year 1970 saw two films rated G that would not have received the same rating today: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES and WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH. DOC SAVAGE: MAN OF BRONZE (1975) had pulpy action and soft violence. LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1972) had no violence or sex, just some occasional scares and suspense. Sometimes, it seems like the subject matter is being pre-judged.
Can you do a History on RKO Pictures
I wish the MPAA was more like the ESRB, video game ratings have more detailed descriptions than the film ratings.
well at least it's not like on TV like "DLSV" or "FV" like what?
For some reason the first Toy Story and first Cars films are rated PG in the U.K. and only gotten Gs in the US. I don’t understand why the BBFC rated those films PG in the U.K.
For Toy Story is because of the scene where Sid is doing horrible stuff to the toys and cars is because a character says bloody which is a swear word that would get you a PG
RIP G Rating (1968-2021)
@@Gamethatnoonetalksaboutman that makes sense since Bloody is a swear word in the U.K. while over in America it isn’t a bad word and Americans just say bloody in the context of blood.
@@mattycooldude6462 so they haven’t been any movies given a single G rating by the MPAA since 2021
@@jamesmoranthefascinatingyo1764 No unfortunately. The last G rated movie released in theaters was Paw Patrol The Movie in 2021. The last Pixar movie to be released in theaters and rated G was Toy Story 4 in 2019. Before that, there were a few other G rated films in theaters including Toy Story 3 in 2010 despite containing graphic violence, peril, and a depressing ending that makes grown adults cry. Rio 1 in 2011, Cars 2 in 2011 which contained some violence and mild humor, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 Chipwrecked in 2011 which contains light language and humor, gambling, and some subtle sexual references, Monsters University in 2013 which had adult humor from the college references, Rio 2 in 2014, The Peanuts Movie in 2015, and finally Cars 3 in 2017 which contained some light violence and action scenes and a demolition derby scene but they were all great movies. It’s a shame the MPAA doesn’t rate G movies as often as they used to anymore since Paw Patrol The Movie in 2021.
luck will have a g rating
That's where we get the trope "Avoid the dreaded G rating". They think it's all kiddie crap and that no one wants to see it. I think they forget that Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas got G ratings despite referencing mature themes.
The Paw Patrol sequel coming out next month is getting a PG.
So the moments of suspense and action in the first film were ok but not in this one because... superpowers? I doubt a movie based on the Paw Patrol will be too edgy or intense for preschoolers.
The first two Rugrats movies were rated G despite their rude humor and potty jokes. However Go Wild was bumped to a PG but had less use of the humor used in the previous shows.
G might as well stand for “Goo goo gaga 👶🏻” nowadays! 😂 😂 😂
Can you do A Look Back At Harvey Girls forever?
Not really MPAA rated but the people who made the Paddington movie were shooting for a U (the UKs equivalent of a G rating) but they got a PG instead. There was even controversy about it.
Here in America, the films also got a PG rating (because of course they did).
I think today all Disney animated Renaissance movies would be naturally rated PG as opposed to G back then just because they were "animated."
I think most old Disney and/or Pixar movies in general would be rated pg nowadays. Off the top of my head the only films I can think of that would be able to get a G are the Aristocats, The Sword In The Stone, and MAYBE Robin Hood although there are slightly risqué jokes in the latter that haven’t aged well such as Little John dressing up as a woman and one of Prince John’s rhino guards whistling at his big butt
@@Glasshouse828The Aristocats and The Sword in the stone have some smoking. Smoking is an automatic PG now. In The Aristocats it's very brief but it's there, and there's some racial stereotypes they wouldn’t allow now. And Duchess sings “If you want to turn me on”.
U should talk about the PG-13 next because that changed since it was created til now. Some movies feel PG-13 and some is like R rated content being wash out with soap making it righteous. Cruella is Rated PG-13 because the scene where the she was tied to the chair with the building set on fire, and the dogs pushing her mother into the water. Getting revenge could be a reason as well.
I can remember as a kid, it always being cool to watch a PG-13 film.
The animated Beast at first is a lot more genuinely frightening at the beginning of Beauty and the Beast and is monstrously aggressive towards everyone, as well as the wolves. And Ursula' death as well as Flotsom and Jetsom's demise and I even find The Little Mermaid itself to be a soft-core erotic story, and the Cave of Wonders in Aladdin is intimidating as well obviously, (a large white glowing eyed panther head with a booming voice) a few examples like that. Fun fact: 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is and two other subsequent sequels are all PG rated. What's in in them that's really worth parental guidance?
Aside from the Ice Cream scene where SpongeBob and Patrick act all drunk, nothing.
@@tylerfish2701 And maybe the Thug Tug scene where tough thug threaten to beat other fish up nearly to death if they acted like immature”babies blowing bubbles” or even Plankton’s ruthless hired professional assassin Dennis.
There was a time briefly when perform PG and PG-13 were invented like in the 70's some movies would be given this rating even if they had some...rather crude jokes, i.e Animal House for example (at least the trailers said that).
g is the longest running rating in the history of the mpa.
That and R go back to the beginning
@@abelarmstrong8054 why
I’m too naive about parents and how much they pay attention to ratings. Since turning 18, I haven’t checked too often for the ratings of movies, but I guess I just assume most kids movies are PG nowadays. I’m shocked that Toy Story 3 did get a G, based on what that movie has compared to other PG kids films
It seems Toy Story and Cars sequels have to be G. Maybe they’re afraid Toy Story and Cars fans would be offended if they got PG ratings. Lightyear got a PG, but it's a spin-off and it feels like it earns its PG. Maybe Toy Story 3 and Cars 2 should’ve been PG, or milder G rated films.
6:13 Monsters University got a G rating too
Remembered back when PG ment something ? Land Before Time got edited down so that it was G rated not PG .
Could you see lightyear getting a pg 13 rating?
well looks like it's PG!
It's mostly due to the pigeon-hole effect that this is happened. Like any other media associated for general audiences.
G rating then:
Killing, references to alcohol and smoking, blood, strong language
G rating now:
Seen as the baby rating
PG then:
Blood, stronger language, nude scenes, severed limbs, impaled bodies, faces being melted or peeled off, exploding heads, etc.
PG now:
Seen as how the G rating is supposed to be seen
PG-13 then:
Intense violence, intense language, sexual situations, alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling, weapon use, etc.
PG-13 now:
Seen as a kids' or family rating
What next? Is R going to be seen as a kids' rating? Or NC-17? Is NC-17 going to be seen as a rating for childrens' movies? Is the MPA going to eliminate the G rating entirely, like how the ESRB got rid of the EC rating?
It’s funny to think of NC-17 being a kids’ rating
Humans burp and say shut up in real life, so there's absolutely no reason to warrant a movie with a PG rating in fiction if humans do so in real life. Let's say in the future somebody invents a universal remote that can stamp any human being based on how inappropriate their behavior is! Just another case of political correctness gone mad.
The MPAA is corrupt today and run by sensitive people
The MPAA is sensitive nowadays when it comes to rating movies (although they've been sensitive when it comes to rating things in the past too) but tf does them giving a film a PG rating to a movie just because someone burps and says shut up have to do with political correctness.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan Over sensitivity.
@@summerjonz Again, what does the MPAA giving movies a PG rating over a gross out joke and someone saying shut up have to do with political correctness exactly? That isn't the type of thing I think about when I hear "political correctness" and it's related terms.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan I guess I meant to say over sensitivity.
I hate the PG rating!
I'm glad Disney and Pixar are giving their movies the PG rating.
That way, They can tell stories however they want and they don't have to listen to the complaints of the censorship board.
A good number of recent films from them don't warrant the PG rating. There's nothing in soul or luca that would require parental guidance
I honestly don’t think Disney and Pixar could have one of their original films get a G rating if they tried nowadays
The PG is probably more profitable than a G rating so why not have that rating