G.......... All admitted. Suitable for all ages.
PG........ All admitted but some material may be unsuitable for younger children.
PG-13... All admitted but some material may be unsuitable for under-13s. (Created July 1984)
R........... Under-17s require an accompanying adult. Contains some mature material.
NC-17... Adults only. No one 17 and under admitted. (Previously X, rare for mainstream film)
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The biggest difference seems to be that in the UK it's more based on hard limits - no one under the age limit for 12, 15 and 18 rated films is allowed in. But in the US the PG-13 rating is just a suggestion, an under-17 can watch a Restricted movie with an adult, and NC-17 Adults Only movies are very rare, whereas movies rated 18 aren't uncommon in the UK (though more common in the past before studios started watering everything down to increase audience sizes).
Terminator was an 18 in the UK on release for example, so adults only. Terminator 2 was a 15. In the US they were both R, so a young person (whether 6 or 16) could see them, but only if an adult accompanied them.
(Americans, do correct me if I'm getting anything wrong here!)
Something something It's a Free Country, Don't Tell Me How to Raise my Kids.
Kids do at least need to find an adult willing to take them to an R movie knowing they'll be judged, so in practice *most* kids won't see an R movie (in theaters) until sometime in their teens at least.
I feel like it's a great film for young people to see idk...
I doubt it's hard to shoot an extra couple versions of a scene with profanity added/removed. Or CGI blood etc.