MPAA

G General Suitable for all ages - can be enjoyed and understood easily by persons 12 years and under. Considered to be suitable for viewing by all ages. PG Parental Guidance Parental guidance is advised. Most suitable for mature viewers over the age of 12. Can be appreciated and understood by any age, but is most suitable for mature viewers over 12 years. 14 Parental Accompaniment Children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when they rent or buy a video. Films are assigned a Parental Accompaniment rating when they contain the following: controversial lifestyles that may offend some members of the community male and female social roles which may be offensive to some members of the community a series of visual images or verbal images which may be offensive to some members of the community. R Restricted Restricted to persons 18 years or older. Films are assigned a Restricted rating when they contain materials that depict: graphic or prolonged scenes of violence, torture, crime, cruelty, horror, gross human degradation, or sexual activity sexual activity in conjunction with violence, torture, crime, cruelty, horror, gross human degradation, where the sexual activity is an integral part of the film sexually suggestive activity or sexual activity of an erotic, but not sexually explicit, nature prolonged scenes or gratuitous scenes of fecal or urinary functions foul language including, but not limited to, profanity, obscenity, blasphemous comment or scatological comment scenes or language which degrade individuals or groups on the basis of race, ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, mental or physical disability any scene in which a person under the age of 16 appears and in which sexually suggestive or erotic sexual activity, other than explicit sexual activity, is depicted any scene where an animal has been abused in the making of the film presentation of controversial or anti-social lifestyles 18+ Eighteen Plus Restricted to persons 18 years or older. The film's sole or primary purpose is the depiction of graphic scenes of sexual activity and/or violence. Films are assigned an 18 + rating when the sole or primary purpose of the film is the depiction of: sexual activity with many graphic scenes of nudity or emphasis on human genitals graphic violence.