PG Movies??

I think I have to agree with Monster House, I was really surprised how scary it was for small children. I can't really think of any others I was sorta thinking the Cat in the Hat (not the cartoon one) but I can't remember the rating. I just remember watching it thinking OMG not for kids lol

One film which I think deserved a higher rating is "Mouse Hunt". It's a few years old now and for about 99% of the scene it fits its PG rating perfectly, then all of a sudden one of the characters swears for no apparent reason. For a film which is aimed at young children this really shocked me. I've also noticed more and more films are getting lower ratings as what people see acceptable changes but still feel that films which are aimed at young children or familly entertainment should be screened more rigorously before being awarded the PG certificate.

To tell the truth, I don't understand the difference between PG 13 and regular PG. I am grown and I don't have kids. I know the difference between PG and R. If they say it or show it, the movie is given an R. It being s*x.But these days what does a parent do? See the film before they let their child watch it?

I had a brief conversation about PG-13 and PG movies just yesterday. I can't say that I've noticed PG movies that should be PG 13, but I did notice when my kids were younger that there seemed to be a considerable difference between PG and PG-13. In PG-13 there always seems to be ONE scene that just makes kids ask questions! that's how it was for me. I had the argument with my mother often. She always managed to let them watch a PG-13 movie when she was babysitting them for me, even though I specifically said only PG. I had to decide between having her babysit or sticking to my movie rules. Having a babysitter won out. My brother now has two 7 year old girls, so now he's at the stage where he's being careful what they watch. He was telling me that he decided that the show i-carly was not appropriate for 7 year olds. My kids watch it, but they are older. I hadn't noticed anything bad on it, but hey, they are his kids so it's up to him to decide what is appropriate or not appropriate. His wife seemed to think he was overreacting, but that's their argument, not mine. :-)

oh, sure. "New in Town," "Inkheart," "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," "Bride Wars" and "Marley & Me," "Coraline" and "The Pink Panther 2." The list goes on and on. As a parent, now I understand why my mom used to go to see movies w/o us 1st.

Do we have to blame those authorities who is in charge in labeling the movies fit for children or the film makers. I think they should be much more concern of the age of the children that may able to watch it. They could be influenced the wrong way.

No movies come to mind off the top of my head but I'm sure there are some. We haven't seen monster house or marley and me. I wasn't really thinking marley and me was a kids movie so i'm surprised to see it was rated pg. I remember one of the previews them talking about her being pregnant again and i forget exactly what was said but i remember thinking it wouldn't be a movie to watch with the kids. I don't remember anything about monster house. my kids aren't afraid of the mummy movies lol but i think if it has something to do with monsters in a house they might not like it.

Thanks for the warning about Marley and Me. I will not let my child watch it. You know in just about all kids movies these days they have to put one bad scene in it that ruins the whole movie. I watched Incrediables and I thought it was a good and deceit movie until the very end when the baby turned into what looked like a demoned baby. And look at the grinch. The part went he puts the dogs butt up for that man to kiss in his sleep. They could have left that part out. Kids are not stupid they knew what happened next.

For toddlers, I think a movie should be rated G. Monster House was ok, my son found it scary (he was 6 or 7) but not so much that he didn't watch it. And during the scary scenes we could always find something funny so we would point that out and laugh, I think that helped. I haven't seen Marley & Me, but my daughter saw it when she was 12. She came home and was disgusted with the romantic scenes in the movie and told me that the movie should not have been rated PG! LOL

PG means parental guidance. Really the only safe rating for kids is G. Any thing above that, and you have to do your research. I like to check with "Focus on the Family" or some other site before I bring my kids.

why they rated PG to the movies like monster house..i think they wrong rated movies such like that..in my place movies like transformer was rated PG..

When i was a kid, I watched alot of movies that were not for kids, from: One arm swordman, Jaws, Tom and Jerry, Soaps (Dynasty and Falcon Crest) and kong fu movies etc. all with violence or adult content. But really, what are for children? Ironically, my mother allowed all these films but was there to provide perspective (what parents should do) and today as an adult she did a wonderful job. Am by no means saying they should not rate movies - it has its place(ratings) - but, movies don't make bad people. Parents should not try to abscond their duty of not just protectors and care-givers but also, guide and character developers. These movies not only have adverse effects on children but also, help them to identify, shape and think about life in its true sense before actually making the same mistakes we as adults do. It's called learning and we are still in the process. Not trying to tell you how to be a parent but try being apart of your children's life by participating without judgment and you will see they have an opinion on taboo-subjects as well. They need us as adults while they're being bombarded with information when we are not around. You are a great mom!

I think that the curious case of Benjamin Button was rated totally wrong. I mean I can only remember one scene that was when he first lost his virginity but either than that it was a great movie. If it wasn't rated PG 13 I think kids would understand not to treat people different because of how they look because after all they are the same as us. Movies these days.