The Rocky Horror Picture Show : Would This Movie be PG-13 Today?

Would This Movie be PG-13 Today?

I kind of wonder if this movie would be PG-13 if it had come out after the PG-13 rating had come out. There was really nothing too bad in it.

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It still would be R. There is nudity and strong sexual content. That's the reason that u have to be 17 to go to the midnight showings.

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Oh yeah you're right, it would still be rated R.

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I think it would get a PG-13 today. If you check a lot of ratings in other countries ratings, they are 15 or 12 etc, not the higher rating of 18/R.

There's no really nudity, you see a flash of nipple. Most of the sexual content is suggested you don't see anything.

You have to pay to get a film re-rated, so it's probably not worth it.

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Yeah, you have a good point. I know The Graduate was Rated PG, and I would say that's as bad as this is. I think that should have been Rated R. I would say it's not worth it to change the ratings of movies from R to PG-13, but I do think it's worth it to change the ratings of movies from PG to PG-13, just so parents know that the movies have some content they might not want their child seeing.

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In the UK RHPS is rated 12 in cinema, it was rated 15. They re-rated in 1992. The video/DVD etc is still rated as 15.

Violence - people die, there's only a bit blood but you don't really see it that death.
Drugs - there is a suggestion - The Zen room.
Eating of human flesh - again only really suggested. It could easily be Frank just messing with them.
Swearing - there is 1 f word but it's very muffled and most people miss it.

I think a lot of young kids if they watched it would get NOT get most of the references. And just see it as lots of people dressing up and being silly.

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RHPS would almost definately be rated PG-13 by today's American standards. The nudity is brief and not done in an intentional, sexual way. Violence is implied (you never actually see Eddie get killed). Drug use is totally implied: Zen room, bandaids and vein on Frank's arm, "he thought you were the candyman," "shooting up junk," the picture of Eddie in the public restroom stall 'shooting up', etc. Cannibalism: again, implied. Swearing: 1 'curse' word in the entire film, not gratuitous.

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Maybe 14A, it's still a film with strong sexual undertones. I first saw the film when I was 14.

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It's an R rated film with an NC-17 rated audience!

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It's meant for a mature audience. If you can't handle it...

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I know, I was saying that as a compliment.

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It would probably still get an R-rating for content.

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The content of most PG-13 films nowadays is worse; look at the last 2 Harry Potter movies!

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How are the last two Harry Potter movies worse?

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Violence, cruelty to animals, torture, corruption of government, sadism, murder. Oh, and the word "bitch" is said once - that's about as bad as Frank's one utterance of the word *beep* There's also the implied sexual nature of the relationships of Harry/Jinny and Ron/Hermione. Oh, and Dumbledore is gay. I think that about wraps it up.

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There's also the implied sexual nature of the relationships of Harry/Jinny and Ron/Hermione
Compared to Rocky Horror? Please, you cannot be serious! No offense intended but to suggest that is Crazy with a capital C!!! And how could a character being gay (never confirmed in the movies or even in the books, but obviously true) be any different to a character being heterosexual even if there was graphic content?

Rocky Horror is extremely sexual without ever taking it too far. I first saw it when I was 8 or 9 and I've always loved it, but if you rate movies, I think you'd be on thin ice rating it as anything less than a 15.

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I agree that the content of many PG-13 movies is worse, but the ratings board isn't always logical in how that rate movies. Violence is OK, but sexual themes are always given an R-rating. I still believe the R-rating would hold.

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Again, I disagree. Look at The Perks of Being A Wallflower. It depicted a homosexual relationship and drug use (plus there were some suggestive Rocky Horror scenes) and the movie got a PG-13. Many recent films: Mamma Mia!, the James Bond Films, Juno, etc - all had strong sexual content and were rated PG-13. Apply that modern mindset to Rocky Horror.

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I have to agree with this. The American ratings board is VERY conservative on sexual matters. My wife often says "If sex ends in murder, it's PG-13. If it ends in orgasm, it's R (or more likely NC-17)." Take Hysteria, for example. No nudity, mild profanity, historically based (if not entirely accurate in details), but *horrors!* has orgasms.

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What? I would definitely call it R. Regardless of what's shown in the film, it revolves around sex, both visually and thematically. The only PG-13 film I've seen that shows bare breasts and gets away with it is Titanic. I think that's just because it's James Cameron though.

Either way you spin it, RHPS is definitely a film about adult themes for adults and I highly doubt that it would go PG-13.

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I think that the main reasons that it is R is because of the nip slips. Sure, you had it in Titanic, but the movie itself wasn't about sex. RHPS is, and the way that it handles it, the MPAA wouldn't give them slack for.

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You missed the sexual content...

I know there wasn't much violence, but the one scene was pretty violent for a young viewer.
Suggested cannibalism...still pretty bad for young viewers.
I got the "mind *beep*" line

They might see it as people dressing up and being silly...but I bet a lot of parents wouldn't like their children to view something with men in drag with sexual references, and homosexual references.

I'd say 12 would be a fair rating...15 might be a bit overboard, but I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone younger...

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It would get a PG-13 today very easily. Oh and FYI, a film having a PG-13 doesn't mean it it okay for young viewers (same with PG, look at Jaws) - parents should view the film first before deciding if it is okay for kids.

Personally, I would have no problem with anyone over the age of 8 watching Rocky Horror.

I don't get what the big fuss about it having homosexual relationships is, it's natural...

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Yeah I know what PG means thanks....

And I never said homosexuality was unnatural, I just parents don't like their children watching stuff that involves it...they might think it confusing for their children. And it's not just that is it? there's more sexual references, like the touch me song. there is murder, even if it's not on the screen a lot, there was a bit of blood, and don't forget the suggested cannibalism!

After reading your comment I suggested to my sister that my nine year old nephew watch Rocky Horror Picture Show...to see if anyone else shared my views. He wasn't aloud to watch it!

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Over the age of EIGHT???? I hope you don't have children!!

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There are multiple shots of women's nipples. Yeah. R.

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If they *beep* rated "A Single Man" R then this would be R for sure.

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You could probably edit out 30 seconds of footage and make it PG if you wanted to. Most people forget, that in addition to the nip slip, there's also an orgy scene in the pool.

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That's sad :( Parenting classes should be mandatory.

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I believe the move should be reappealled for a PG-13 because by today's standards, there really isn't anything offensive in this movie.

Look at it this way

Sex- Comically displayed almost satirical by today's standards and represented quite cartoonishly throughout the movie, no graphic nudity, only implied sexual content, Nothing really that R rated about it.

Violence-A murder shown off screen. A clearly fake dead body (would easily still pass for a PG-13)

Language- one use of *beep*....a pg13 is allowed one use of that word anyway.

Drugs- a room filled with bongs....ok, but nobody has done any drugs not even soft drugs.

I really don't see the point of it being an R rated movie anymore.
Parents who watch this with their children can explain.

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No, there's very subtle nudity in the nip slip scene, orgy scene and graphic nudity in the sculptures. That's enough to push it into R. But, as I was saying, you could cut 30 seconds of the movie, and make it PG if you really wanted to.

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Super impose the nip slip scene or even edit it out.

Orgy scene? where they are in the pool making out? there was nothing R rated about that scene at all. Hell you'd jokingly see that in many animated movies made today.

There sculptures, does that mean I have to be 17 or over to see michael angello's David in Italy?

It could still easily m=pass for a PG13

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I slowed it down on DVR a few days ago. I think that you see some nudity during the orgy scene. There's certainly boob touching.

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ya but, if you had to actually physically slow down the recording because it happened so fast, what are the chances that either the MPAA or any child will catch the scene that quickly.

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The MPAA is a committee whose sole job it is to slap the highest rating possible on movies, unless they're paid off by a big studio. They slice and dice a movie, and find anything and everything that could be questionable for a movie.

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erm....no they aren't they are a censorship board who must rate movies based on their content.


highest rating possible on movies


because Wall-e got an NC-17 on it's first cut of course.


unless they're paid off by a big studio


according to a documentary made based on the MPAA, studios have little or no contact with the movie rating board. Any decision made by the board has nothing to do with the studio.


They slice and dice a movie, and find anything and everything that could be questionable for a movie.


also untrue, several movies have been given R ratings for graphic sexual depiction of an NC-17 standard, which the MPAA themselves have since admitted they overlooked when rating.

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If you're thinking about the same documentary that I've seen (This Film is Not Yet Rated) the film backs up what I say. Little indie films will get killed by the MPAA without a second chance, while the big studio movies will be able to get feedback where the committee tells them "Well, you would be R if you take out this scene, that scene, and this one. Bring it back to us when those scenes are gone."

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erm.....yet again not true. In 'This film is not rated', we still see indie movies getting the same treatment as blockbusters.

-Boys don't cry was told what to cut.
-American Psycho was told what to cut
-Orgazmo was told what to cut
-The cooler was told what to cut

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A nip slip? I watched RHPS a couple dozen times in the 70's and never saw anything to scintillate (which must be why there's a prevalence in this post). So, having just re-watched it I counted 7 nipples...six on the guys! What's so outrageous - haven't people caught on that mammals have nipples yet?

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It might be R but it SHOULD be PG-13. I saw it when I was like 11.

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Well since one of the movies main themes is sex, I'd say it'd get an R. A soft one.

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R because the MPAA is still prudish about sex.

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lol it would definitely be R. The scene where Frank goes down on Brad is enough to give it an R-rating.

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Its rated TV-Y69-FAS on the television

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Am I right that this is really a purely U.S. issue? In the likes of France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal and the UK, the movie is rated "12", and not much higher in the remainder of Europe.

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