It was only added to the MPAA rating list in 1984, after movies like Gremlins and Indiana Jones were proven to be a bit too graphic for the PG rating, yet not graphic enough for an R rating. What exactly does a PG13 rating mean anyway? Well, to start with, the PG13 rating wasn't always around. Well, you probably saw a PG13 movie before you turned 13, but now you can go to a movie theater without your parents present!įor the rest of us older-than-13-somethings, ratings like PG13 seem to matter very little. You're officially a teenager, you're about to start high school, and you can finally see PG13-rated movies.
