I will have to rewatch it as I saw it as a kid but from what I remember and then being refresed a bit by reading the plot synopsis there were some pretty mature themes and tense moments in the movie. Animal testing and murder plots and dying kids, back in the early 80's society seemed a bit more strict on ratings too so I am surprised this did not get at least a PG.
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Also the fact a few characters were killed, Jenner was stabbed with a knife, this movie should have been rated pg, I agree.
shareNIMH wasnt and isnt the only family/kids movie to be end up dark and creepy
go watch Black Cauldron, The Gate, Return to Oz and others
Even the Chuck Norris movie Lone Wolf McQuade got pretty violent the whole time even when the teen daughter and her boyfriend were attacked late at night during the snooping around night time scene
Yeah, and THE BLACK CAULDRON, which is a lot more light-hearted film, originally received a PG rating.
I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean.
I was a small child in the 80s but I was under the assumption the rating system was not as strict back then. As a child I watched and loved (still do) this movie. I should point out The Great Mouse Detective (another animation movie from the 80s) was only rated G and it has drinking, smoking, a dancing girl mouse that sings a suggestive song. Well you would have to watch that animated film for yourself. The Great Mouse Detective is also good animation film. I assume you would also be suprised it is rated G too.
shareYou have to remember, rating systems were far different back then than they are today. The world in general was far less PC, and many so-called "kids movies" had adult themes to them, and violence was common-place. But back in those days, any cartoon movies, or TV shows(no matter what it's content) were given G ratings, just because they were cartoons.
You also have to remember that there was no PG-13 rating then. So many varieties of movies could fall in the realm of G-PG. It was not until 'Gremlins' came out in 1984 that PG-13 was made. This was of course because of all of the backlash it received for being rated PG, and marketed as a "kids movie"...
The great myth is that the MPAA were stricter in the past than they are today. In fact, the opposite is true. For instance, in the 1970's and 1980's, films containing female nudity or bloody violence could potentially get away with a PG rating.
shareDon't forget M*A*S*H, where in that film the F-bomb was dropped, and that movie got away with a PG rating. I didn't realize it was MASH, until I read the description on HBO.
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Violence, blood and the word damn.
Oh wow.
"*beep* the law, i want meat"-Nightbreed.
I grew up in the '80s, and saw a LOT of films that never should have gotten the 'tame' ratings they received.
Most of the time, animated films got an automatic 'G' rating back then.
But as to other films, not only was the MPAA nowhere near as strict as they are today.....but one needs to remember that the PG~13 rating did NOT exist back then.
So films that may have some brief nudity or light swearing, but did not qualify for R~ratings...HAD to be rated PG.
PG actually meant what is said back then...Parental Guidance.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
Penfold, shush.
By modern ratings standards, this would be a hard PG. But back then, the system was way more lax. Even pre-1968 movies like PINOCCHIO, when reviewed under the MPAA system, get a G despite having very dark and disturbing themes and scenes.
shareActually, Pinocchio was made in the 1940s when ratings for movies didn't exist. It is shocking though what they were able to get away with. A young boy smoking and drinking beer would automatically make it PG-13 now. Not to mention the part where Jimminy Cricket touches the butt of the woman toy in Gepetto's shop and says, "Pardon me."
shareI know the ratings system didn't exist in the 1940s. However, the film has been given a rating in the wake of its home video releases starting in the 1980s-- and they rated it G. Probably because it has such a big reputation as a "children's classic." I would at least go for PG.
I'm shocked that movie even got past the Production Code of its era to be honest. One of the big things back then was that crime should be punished, yet none of the villains in Pinocchio are ever brought to justice in any way!
That is surprising. The new Pinnochio remake will probably not have the smoking and drinking scene. Probably will just have Pinnochio and the boy eating lots of junkfood instead.
shareYou are so right. I also think the donkey operation will get thwarted in the remake. They'll probably have Pinocchio or the Blue Fairy save everyone.
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