BBFC film ratings

                                                     BBFC film ratings

Star Wars- BBFC rating U

Toy Story BBFC rating PG

Toy Story was give a PG rating by BBFC, I think this is because there is mild violence, scary scenes and dangerous behaviour that could be distressing to younger viewers. This ticks most the boxes for a film to be a PG as it would be too harsh to give it a 12A but too generous for a U.

Iron Man – BBFC rating 12A

•There are frequent scenes of moderate action violence including gunfire and explosions, although this often involves men in robotic suits. Injury detail is infrequent and lacks bloody detail. We also see an electromagnet being implanted and removed from a man's chest cavity.

•There is one use of moderate bad language ('prick') and some use of mild bad language (eg ‘son of a bitch’).

•There are also infrequent mild sex references, with sexual activity being implied, such as a man and woman kissing on a bed, three clothed women dancing sexually in front of two men.

Top Gun BBFC rating 12

•The use of strong language must be infrequent'. Top Gun includes a single use of strong language. It also includes a brief and undetailed sex scene, which is filmed largely in silhouette. Although some thrusting is briefly implied, the scene only shows the couple's head and shoulders and cuts away before the woman's dress is removed. There are also some moderate sex references, including the pilots bantering about fighting and flying giving them a 'hard on', a reference to paying $20 for "carnal knowledge on the premises", and some references to 'getting laid' and finding "a girl to talk dirty to me". The film also features some uses of moderate language.

•Top Gun also features some milder bad language. There is also some mild violence, including undetailed sight of enemy pilots being blown up, although all that is shown is spectacular explosions.

Birdman BBFC rating 15

•There is frequent strong language, sometimes used aggressively or in a sexual context.

•There are a number of strong sex references throughout, although most are comic in nature. At one point, a male actor suggests to a female actor that they should have real sex on stage during their performance in a play however she rejects the idea. There are also some moderate drugs references surrounding a character smoking drugs, as well as some brief scenes of moderate violence and very brief blood splatters. There is also use of discriminatory language.

Pulp Fiction BBFC rating 18

The most problematic aspect of the film for the BBFC however was not the violence but a scene involving Vincent taking drugs (heroin) and enjoying the experience. BBFC Examiners note the "close attention to the paraphernalia of hard drug usage" and a close up of a needle piercing skin with blood filling the barrel of a syringe. The sequence is accompanied by 60’s surfer music and ends with Vincent driving while high and seemingly very satisfied with the effects of the drugs. The Examiner report claims this scene was problematic for the French classification board and certainly made the drug use appear attractive. Despite this, the drug use is key to. Mia mistakes heroin for cocaine, snorts it and overdoses, frothing at the mouth, causing Vincent to dramatically stab her in the heart with a syringe of adrenaline. This scene counterbalances the attractiveness of taking heroin and the Examiner report describes it as clearly displaying the consequences of drug taking. The film was classified 18 without cuts.

The Bunny Game BBFC rating R18

In making a decision as to whether a video work is suitable for classification, the BBFC would apply the criteria set out in its current Classification Guidelines, published in 2009. These are the result of an extensive process of public consultation and research and reflect the balance of media effects research, the requirements of UK law and the attitudes of the UK public. The BBFC's Guidelines clearly set out the BBFC's serious concerns about the portrayal of violence, especially when the violence is sexual or sexualised, but also when depictions portray or encourage,callousness towards victims, aggressive attitudes, or taking pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others. Even at the adults-only category of '18', the Guidelines make clear that exceptions to the principle of free adult choice include any material or treatment which "appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society - for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts.This includes portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence which might, for example, eroticise or endorse sexual assault".