Parental Guidance - "Parental guidance is advised. Theme or content may not be suitable for all children."

This category includes a wide range of films that may be attended by children of any age without adult accompaniment. While taking into account the subject matter of these films, there may be elements of violence, sexual innuendo, or coarse language that individual parents should assess before determining the film's suitability for their children.

Many adventure films, comic book adaptations, and science fiction films that can be of interest to children fall into this category, such as the Harry Potter films, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) or Iron Man (2008). In this category, violence is usually not bloody or vicious, and frightening elements are more thrilling than terrifying.

Many romantic comedies, such as Mamma Mia! (2008), Bride Wars (2008), or Confessions Of A Shopaholic (2009) also receive this rating. This does not mean that the film is necessarily intended as children's entertainment, but that the sexual references and language included in this kind of film are generally accepted as part of the genre, and are not detailed. Often an advisory is included in the classification, such as not recommended for young children or sexual content to alert viewers to this subject matter.

Some PG films are comedies appealing primarily to older children and teenagers and commonly feature elements such as slapstick violence, crude humour, or sexual references, such as in The Pink Panther 2 (2009), Four Christmases (2008) or Get Smart (2008). These elements are evaluated by both detail and frequency.

Some PG films appeal primarily to older children or to adults, and receive this rating because the elements are not so prolonged or detailed that they warrant placement in a higher category. Consider Doubt (2008), The Secret Life Of Bees (2008), or Singh Is Kinng (2008).

Some documentaries also appear in this category, such as An Inconvenient Truth (2006) or Sicko (2007). The use of coarse language, non-sexual nudity, or violence in this category is comparable to what is found on the television news.

A word about coarse language in PG: profanity, scatological slang, and cursing may appear in this category. Sometimes these films will include infrequent use of the most common sexual expletive, though more frequent use usually results in the placement of the film in a higher category.