| Age Suitablity:
| Suitable for All.
| | Language:
| Occasional use of words such as darn, damn, hell.
| | Violence (see Note 3):
| Restrained portrayals of limited violence that may result in extremely limited bloodletting.
| | Nudity:
| Casual, non-sexual nudity with no close-ups.
| | Sexual Activity:
| Limited embracing, kissing in a loving context.
| | Horror:
| Brief moments of mild horror in comedic, historic, or fantasy settings (for example, dragons, giants, wicked withches)
| | Phychological Impact (see Note 2):
| Sensitive to treatments of scenes or situations related to a child's sense of security and well-being.
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| Age Suitablity:
| Parental Guidance Advised.
| | Language:
| Limited use of stronger expletives and/or slurs and/or mild sexual references.
| | Violence (see Note 3):
| Restrained portrayals of non-graphic violence, integral to the plot. The portrayals are not prolonged; there are no close-ups; bloodletting and/or tis
sue damage is limited.
| | Nudity:
| Brief nudity in a non-sexual context, non-exploitative close-up.
| | Sexual Activity:
| Embracing, kissing in a loving context; mild sexual innuendo.
| | Horror:
| Exciting horror scenes and some grotesque images may be allowed in a fantasy or comedic context, but there will be no detailed and/or prolonged focus
on gory images or suffering
| | Phychological Impact (see Note 2):
| Sensitive to treatments of scenes and situations that may cause adverse psychological impact on children. May include frightening or emotionally upset
ting situations involving threats, injury, illness, family problems, or death to young people, family member and animals (particularly pets).
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| Age Suitablity:
| Persons younger than 14 years must be accompanied by an Adult.
| | Language:
| Coarse language and/or slurs directed to specific segments of society; sexual references. Infrequent strong, aggressive language.
| | Violence (see Note 3):
| Portrayals of violence resulting in some bloodletting and/or tissue damage, which may or may not be fatal. Violence should be within the context of th
e film.
| | Nudity:
| Full frontal nudity, non-detailed, brief, casual, non-close up, in a non-sexual situation.
| | Sexual Activity:
| Kissing, petting, fondling, implied sexual activity; sexual innuendo.
| | Horror:
| Occasional gory moments and some grotesque images, but these will not be detailed.
| | Phychological Impact (see Note 2):
| Occasional upsetting scenes that will tend to be more frightening, intense, disturbing - particularly to younger viewers. More mature themes can be po
rtrayed. Threats with some abusive dialogue may be considered.
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| Age Suitablity:
| Persons younger than 18 years must be accompanied by an Adult.
| | Language:
| More frequent coarse language and/or slurs; frequent sexual references.
| | Violence (see Note 3):
| Frequent and/or prolonged portrayals of violence resulting in bloodletting and/or tissue damage. Limited instances of brief, visually explicit portray
als of violence.
| | Nudity:
| Limited instances of brief, full frontal nudity in a sexual situation.
| | Sexual Activity:
| Limited instances of brief simulated sexual activity.
| | Horror:
| Gory or grotesque imagery may be more frequent or detailed, but will generally avoid prolonged focus.
| | Phychological Impact (see Note 2):
| Frequent upsetting, disturbing or frightening scenes that may cause adverse psychological impact on some mature viewers.
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| Age Suitablity:
| Restricted to persons 18 years of age or over.
| | Language:
| No restriction.
| | Violence (see Note 3):
| Visually explicit portrayals of violence, which may be characterized by extreme brutality, extreme bloodletting and extreme tissue damage. May include
torture, horror, sexual violence.
| | Nudity:
| Full frontal nudity in a sexual situation.
| | Sexual Activity:
| Simulated sexual activity; limited instances of brief, non-violent explicit sexual activity.
| | Horror:
| Horrific themes, incidents and images will have a more prolonged or graphic focus and greater frequency.
| | Phychological Impact (see Note 2):
| Scenes and situations may cause extreme adverse psychological impact. Could involve intense and compelling terror, acts of degradation, threats of vio
lence, and continuous acts of non-extreme violence. Such situations could be accompanied by coarse, abusive, and degrading dialogue.
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| Note 1: |
From time to time, guidelines may be set aside at the Panel's discretion (where social and documentary significance warrants). |
| Note 2: |
Psychological impact may be a state of mind, mood or feeling and/or other effects on the viewer, resulting from the treatment of scenes and
situations within the film. Treatment may include intensity, degree, pace, atmosphere, tone, visual effects, and dialogue. |
| Note 3: |
Portrayals of violence may include armed combat, natural disasters, accidents, hand-to-hand combat, weapons violence, and violent sports.
The degree frequency, and intensity of the acts of violence will be factors in the classification decision. |
