I always thought PG-13 movies could only use the word f@!$ once with no sexual connotation. Oceans 11 use it twice: 1. Gould says "your still in the middle of the f@&!ing desert. 2. When the vault blows up and Yen says "f&$? You been?". Can anyone else think of a PG-13 movie that uses the word twice. It seems like thus movie slipped by the rule due to Yens accent.
shareThe Social Network has it twice as well.
If it's used more than once (in a nonsexual manner), the MPAA gets to vote and decide what kind of rating it should get. So it's not automatic, but it needs an overruling.
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I could have sworn (no pun intended) that Dustin Hoffman/Geena Davis movie called Hero had the f-bomb four times. And it was PG-13.
shareKids in Mind says "a few times." for Hero (http://www.kids-in-mind.com/h/hero_1992__144.htm).. I'm pretty sure it was 3 or 4 times. Most I've ever heard in a PG-13.
share I remember Lieutenant Dan screaming "unF** that pig" referring to a jammed gun in the Vietnam scene in Forest Gump.
Not sure if it was said a second time though.
Also, in Be Cool, they mentioned you can say the F word in a PG 13 movie and get away with it, but again, not sure if it was said twice, I think it was though.
Anyone remember if it was said twice in SWAT? I think it was only said once.
PG-13 movies, imo, are the most nerve-wracking ones when it comes to kids. If unprepared, you never know what's going to pop up, despite the labeling. This is one movie where, imo, you could've left out the GD and F words to make it more family appropriate. It's the only reason we didn't let our 12 yo watch it. Great movie, great action, actors, but I'm not a big fan of swearing like that.
shareI think that I saw Ocean's Eleven will be coming on AMC some day this week. They won't play the "f" word on regular cable...at least not yet. So if you record it on your DVR you can let your kids watch it then.
David Cook is my future husband!
Every 13 year old I know drop the F bomb while speaking with their friends. You just made your 12 year old miss out on a great movie for a word that he already knows.
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Speak for yourself, but even when I go out drinking with my friends we don't use the F-bomb. Mostly because were better than that.
shareWhether or not the 12 year old already knows it is irrelevant. The point is that the parent should teach their child right from wrong by example and that the child doesn't learn such things at home. That includes monitoring what they see and hear in tv/movies, which is what this parent did and I applaud them for it.
shareYou have movie which idolizes and worships thieves, makes them cool, makes them modern heroes and you are worried about f-bomb dropped twice in movie ?!
shareIt does, but the rules have shifted over the years to be more conservative.
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It actually depends on other foul words that are used too. So they tally it up.
shareyou all think the f- word in PG-13 films are problematic, the PG-13 rating didn't exist unitl the summer of '84. All The President's Men and Sixteen Candles and Spaceballs were three films released by the MPAA with a PG rating. Running On Empty released in '88 had the F-word twice in the same sentence was originally rated R but on appeal dropped to a PG-13 rating. It's just amazing to me how films that seem suitable for almost anyone can sure push the limits with a PG-13 rating.
shareDeep Impact, twice. Once with a sexual connotation.
shareAdd "American President" to the list. My my, the president uttering that word as well as his girlfriend! What is the world coming to!
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Wall street 2 i think features it twice (haven't seen it but i think its in the parental guide) it seems that pg-13 movies that have the f-bomb twice are related to money. But what i've always thought is why is the kings speech rated R when it should be rated PG-13. I know it has like 15 f-bombs but in the U.K it is rated 12A for "Strong languange in a speech therapy context". Heres the consensus:
THE KING'S SPEECH is a drama about King George VI and the Australian speech therapist who helped him overcome his stammer. It was classified '12A' for strong language in a speech therapy context.
The BBFC's Guidelines at '12A'/'12' state that 'The use of strong language (for example, '*beep*') must be infrequent'. THE KING'S SPEECH contains around 15 uses of strong language. However, all the examples of strong language occur during two isolated moments in which the King uses strong language at the instigation of his speech therapist. The strong language is not aggressive, sexual or directed at any other person. The uses also occur in rapid succession. In this unusual and very specific speech therapy context, it was concluded that the strong language was sufficiently infrequent, in terms of the film as a whole, to be permissible at '12A'.
The film also shows the Duke, and later King, smoking on a frequent basis. This is partly due to erroneous medical advice relating to his affliction. The smoking is not shown to be either glamorous or advisable.
This really does show how stupid the MPAA can be at times.
Who cares!
shareWorld War Z uses it twice, and it wasn't even rated for the language! Weird, huh??? :S
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