Well i love it you people are totally wrong PG is a perfect rating okay so there's a nudity part the pretty blonde in the shower and Sam swearing say the F word but so what? its an awesome movie i know if i had kids i would defintyly let them watch this movie i wouldn't be like all those other so harsh parents who are totally strcit about movies like 16 Candles the best age for a kid to watch it is 11 or 12 great movie! love ya Jake Ryan! your so cute!
I totally disagree with 15 and up, I'd say iffy for 12 and yes for 13. I was 14 when this movie came out and it remains a favorite 80s flick. Kids over 12 can handle it and there are some classic lines in this worth-seeing classic.
This is a classic coming of age movie, and it is very well done. But, before letting your kids watch it you need to go back and watch it with a critical eye. There is partial frontal nudity, there is massive amounts of drinking, massive amounts of implied sex, and possibly even a "humorous" date rape(yes, those are SO funny aren't they).
Much more graphic than I had remembered!!!! not for youngsters
I was a teen in the 80's. I remembered this movie with all it's teenage angst. I knew it probably wasn't appropriate for my now young teen children. I just watched it and was shocked at how MUCH drinking, sex/real or implied, the amount of foul language and I did NOT remember and was shocked at the nudity!!! This is definitely not appropriate for a young audience. I am sure that it would have had a higher rating if it had been available at the time, and can't honestly understand why it wasn't R in the first place!!!
Just saw this movie and we were confused. WE thought the Netflix lable was just printed wrong but on the DVD sure enough PG! Weird.. Today a movie like this would be rated R.
It's definitely not for tweens..older teens yes but not 12 year olds unless that's what you want your child to see. I personally wasn't impressed with the movie at all. I have alwasy heard stuff about it being a good movie and a classic that everyone's seen. It was sort of boring and sort of funny but definitely not HILARIOUS.
I was just looking at this movie on Netflix and it has a PG rating there. I was startled because I remember this movie having a lot of non PG stuff in it. I guess it is really R.
How can this have POSSIBLY received a PG rating?!? The "f" word was used within 5 minutes! The teens talked about sex constantly. A view of a completely naked teenager in the gym shower was the point when we turned the movie off; it's way too explicit. How did this rightfully earn a PG rating? Take this 17 year old's advice: Do your kid a favor and don't let them watch it.
This movie was rated "R", but got a "PG" on appeal and was released about 4 weeks before the "PG-13" rating was invented, so, that is why it's "PG". It's really not too bad of a movie. Pretty funny. Just a nude scene and use of the f-word (once) make it an extremely rough "PG".
I saw this movie as a kid and loved it. I watched it the other day on a movie channel and it had nudity! It shows a girl in the shower, the top half of her body fully exposed. I had to check the rating and couldn't believe it was rated PG. For a movie to have frontal nudity and the F-word, it should have an R rating. I didn't remember it having nudity when I watched it years ago.
very cute and funny. this is a chick flick that gather people of all generations. i know my i, my mom and my sisters enjoy sitting down and watching this movie.
I watched it with my 10 year old daughter and had to cover her eyes and discuss the swearing and drunkedness throughout the movie. She said she hears the 13 year olds in her school talk like that all the time, so I would rate it PG13. The positive message will resonate far better with teens than with tweens.
It's Rated PG but should be PG-13, maybe even R. The f-word is used a few times and there is one nude scene. It's a great teen film however and I really enjoyed it.
"PG" rating? This should be "R" or at least "PG-13"
We flipped the channel during a commercial to this movie which was on 'Encore'. It was rated PG which our 11 year can handle. However, the scene which came on was of female breast. Yes, full naked breast, nipples and all! In a close-up shot too! By the time I grabbed the remote to change the channel, it voomed out to show the girl in the shower...this scene showed a side view with 1 nipple showing and her naked butt. I was Horrified! Even my husband did a recheck on the rating for this movie and we were both shocked to see it was indeed listed as PG. Don't think this is appropriately rated. Nudity of any kind should not be rated with "PG".
I saw the first ten minutes of the movie and I turned it off. A naked body, several F-bombs, talk about PMS, and thats just the first ten minutes. But 80's movies are still fun!