Why is this movie rate PG/


We popped this in on a sunday evening with our small grandchildren still awake watching tv in the other room and Alda's character comments on the fact that he has a hard on and the female character ask's if Alda's wants to *beep*. I thought that the use of the eff word negated a PG rating. Obviously, I understood what the movie was about and did not have my grandchildren in the room, but we eventually turned it off and will finish watching it when we are alone.

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You make a good point. I raised that issue in an earlier thread:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078199/board/nest/56691543

I think that outside of that scene, this film merits a PG, and the use of the F-word there wasn't necessary or in keeping with the tone of the film. I'm sorry it presented an embarrassing moment with your grandchildren.

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First, there was no PG-13 rating in 1978, when the film first came out.
Second, the F word was uttered by Burnstyn's "flower child" incarnation....."free love" and all.

DICK JONES! I WORK FOR DICK JONES!

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It's rated PG because there are no t & a in it.

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is this what bothers you so much? the "eff" word!! , this movie should be R3 and the eff word has the least to do with it , i can't believe how much crap is there, this is destroying the society, demoralizing people's conscience , putting make up to an ugly hideous adulterous couple who make fun of their spouses , disrespecting them in the most despicable ways, no wonder why so much adultery is committed these days, actually i wanted to puke watching this movie...

puke...puke ..puke..

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Can I get you some Pepto-Bismol?

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I'm rather late on this, I'm afraid, but here goes anyway....

I first saw this film on TV in the States in 1982 and the "hard on" statement and the F word were certainly not included. I next saw it back home in the UK when the former was but the latter (still) wasn't. I've seen it many times since but still no F word. Not that I'm an F word fanatic or anything like that; I'm just surprised that it was included in this type of film in the first place. Was it really or is it a case of mis-hearing?

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Better later than never-er!

The word was really there, and – in my opinion, at least – it was completely unnecessary. I'm no prude, or at least not a total prude, but the word still makes me cringe when used gratuitously, which I believe it was here. Of course, that word was exactly what the characters were doing in this film, and it wasn't necessary to show that either (which they didn't).

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