Films That Barely Got by with a PG-13 (2 Viewers)

[JeremyErwin]

So somewhere along the line, someone thought that the "General Audience" should be expanded to include "babies"-- persons unable to comprehend death. I wonder if Bambi would be rated 'PG' in this hypersensitive day and age...

 

[Ryan L. Bisasky]

i sure bet today lions king would get a pg today at least for theamatic elements.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Oh, no doubt. And Pinocchio would be PG-13 for having scenes of minors smoking cigars and drinking beer.

 

[BarryR]

And of course Snow White would be rated R: young girl co-habiting with seven little men!

 

[Jonathan_]

"Snow White, she may live with seven guys, but she's not easy!"

Shrek

 

[Ryan L. Bisasky]

Oh, no doubt. And Pinocchio would be PG-13 for having scenes of minors smoking cigars and drinking beer.

or at leas pg with a couple of lines for "jackass"

 

[Calum Waddell]

It's interesting, because some of the PG 13 films in America still needed to be cut in order to satisfy the PG rating in the UK (we still don't have a full version of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom).

Even so, I'm surprised Poltergeist was a PG13

 

[WillG]

The original Poltergeist is rated PG. I believe that it was initally given a R rating, but it was appealed and they got the PG (again, predated the PG-13 rating). I'm not sure if anything had to be cut or not.

Funny though, a few years back, my younger brother, probably around 10-11 at the time told me that when he slept over at a certain friend's house, all they ever watched was "Poltergeist" because the mother would not allow anything rated higher than PG