Goblet of Fire gets a PG-13 in the US.

[IMForeman]

The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that the MPAA has given the US release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire a PG-13 rating "sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images" , and someone dropping the F-bomb. That's right... someone lets fly that word in Harry Potter... in reference to Voldemort apparantly.

I wonder what it'll get in the UK. Will they give it a 12a or go as far as a 15?

-IMF

[blingaway]

I wondered as I read the climactic battle of GoF how the movie-makers were going to handle Big V. using the cruciatius curse on Harry. I can't imagine the cinema watchdogs of any nation looking lightly at an adult torturing a child.

It'll be interesting to see how diluted those scenes are.

[lazerbrain]

That's not really surprising. This is the book where life ratchets up for Harry with the Tri-wizard Tournament and everything.

Spoiler:

Besides I would drop an F-bomb as well if I knew someone like Voldemort had come back.

[Jarnin]

This isn't that big of a deal. I mean, the heroes of the story are all supposed to be 15 years old in the movie, so it should be a movie directed at teens. Last time I checked, 12 year olds weren't teenagers.

Anyway, it's not like kids under 12 can't see it; "PG-13" is a warning to parents that the film is for 13 and up. It's a warning, not a restriction.

[Madeleine]

I don't know about the UK. Normally a single 'F~~~' spoken will get the film a 15 Certificate, but they've changed the rules for films in the past when they've thought that children would want to see them. Jurrassic Park and Spiderman, for instance.

[.:Lemon:.]

Hmmm....I think it'll probably get a 12 in the UK. Otherwise there would be hundreds of kids who are fans of the book/previous films unable to see it. What were the ratings of the previous HP films?

[TechnoBoY]

They were all PG I think.

I think this is good! Hopefully the movie will be more adult and less kiddy!