Are All PG-13 Rated Films Suitable for Fourteen Year Olds?
Deciding whether a PG-13 movie is suitable for a child aged 13, 14, or older is much a matter of parental discretion. PG-13 now comes with the warning label: PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED. Some material may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13. Yet some material in PG-13 films would be considered inappropriate by parents for children over the age of 13, and other films rated PG-13 are viewed by a large audience of children, like the first Pirates of the Caribbean, with minimal objection from parents. One of the difficulties in determining whether a PG-13 movie is really suited to an adolescent is that the rating system now employed by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) can be somewhat injudiciously applied. It leans more toward making films R-rated that have anything beyond small amounts of male posterior nudity or references to sexual behavior, and is likely to include a great deal of violence, as long as bloodshed is minimal. Subject matter deemed mature may a
