British Board of Film Classification

It's 15 in the UK and 18 in Ireland. Interestingly enough, I just bought that film on DVD last Saturday.

Anyway, some other examples of films that have different UK and Irish ratings:

Die Hard 2: UK 18, Ireland 15
The Specialist: UK 18, Ireland 15
Blown Away: UK 15, Ireland 18 (because the film's about an Irish bomber)
A Bug's Life :UK U, Ireland PG
Toy Story: UK PG, Ireland G (equivalent to U)
The Cider House Rules: UK 12, Ireland 18
Garden State: UK 15, Ireland 18
Charlie's Angels: UK 15, Ireland 12
Happy Gilmore: UK 12, Ireland 15
Midnight Run: UK 18 (was originally a 15), Ireland 15
The Devil's Own: UK 15, Ireland 18 (same reason as Blown Away)
A Dangerous Man: UK 18, Ireland 15
Stan Helsing: UK 18, Ireland 15
The Ricky Gervais Show - Dolphins: UK PG, Ireland 15
 
"Shit" has been allowed in PG films for decades but just like stronger worRAB at 12 and 15 if their use becomes too frequent then the rating will be increased.

Seems odd that Ofcom say that broadcast tv cannot show anything thats not within BBFC guidelines yet the language guidelines of the BBFC are way out compared to broadcast tv.

BBC1 and ITV1 would never air f*ck before 9pm and even though they show PG films during the day any of the previously mentioned language that the BBFC pass would not be shown on broadcast free tv
 
Die Hard 2 was originally given a 15 cert with heavy custs for cinema and video release. It was only when the widescreen version was released on VHS that the uncut version was allowed to be seen with an 18, icicle scene and all. The pan and scan VHS remained cut at 15.
 
The BBFC did explain, it's because Paramount asked them to downgrade it. However there is no explanation on why they originally considered it to be unsuitable for under 15's, but now anybody can see it.
 
They state that the full explanation for the classification will be published on or before 24/8/2010 so I presume the reclassification will be explained at that point. But since we're saying "duh", my point was that 12A is not a "downgrading" because the classification is not an indication of quality, just of how a film meets certain criteria. A 12A can require more maturity on the part of the audience than an 18 but because it doesn't tick certain boxes it's legal for kiRAB to watch it.
 
Examples please.

A PG film can have shit, bastard, asshole, bitch and a few others in it. It is raised to a 12 though if someone says w*nker or f*ck. If they say those worRAB more than 2/3 times then it is raised to a 15.

PG films will always be edited on TV to remove the language even though according to the BBFC it's fine for us to hear anyway. What annoys me more though is a 15 rated film edited to be shown during the day. Channel 5 are the worst for this.
 
You see this a lot. A disc in Season 6 of The X Files is rated 12 by the BBFC but 18 in Ireland, and every season of The Wire is rated 18 in Ireland as opposed to only Seasons 1 and 4 being 18's in the UK while the other seasons are rated 15 (with the amount of language in The Wire though, i'm inclined to agree with the Irish rating on that one).

The strangest one i saw was on my 'Frost/Nixon' Blu Ray, rated 15 in the UK for numerous uses of strong language, but only a PG in Ireland! At first i thought it was a misprint, but Imdb lists it as PG too:confused:
 
Another PG-13 = 15 fiasco... I'd love to see the comparative notes from MPAA vs BBFC to see how they reach their certificate. BBFC seem to far, far overthink things whilst the MPAA could be too lenient (except with sex scenes)?
 
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