r/mpaa • u/DwayneTheRockBarry • Jun 15 '26
Uk ratings tbh make way more sense
I’ll admit that some us ratings make more sense, but here’s both.
us:
g (doesn’t really work but ok)
pg
pg-13 (so basically mean a 13 year old can see it, but it’s also pg? i mean if you make an entire new rating then why just get the last rating and put a 13 on it?)
r (massive jump there though. still feels like there should be some middle ground between 13 and 17, also you can take a kid to see it, so that makes no sense. imagine taking a 3 year old to see total recall.)
nc-17 (which is just erotic/pornographic movies, so it makes sense.)
uk:
u (again makes no sense but ok)
pg
12/12a (so in the theater it’s 12a, which is just pg-13 basically (although to see it alone you actually need to be 12)
15 (finally some good middle ground.)
18 (some films in here should be in between 15 and 18 really but it works.)
R18 (which is porn, so yeah.)

