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MOVIEGUIDE® Asks MPAA To Drop ‘Failed’ Ratings System; Urges Studios Adopt ‘Standards-Based’ Code for All Movies

MOVIEGUIDE®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment has asked the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to drop its “failed” ratings system and return to a “standards-based” Code of Decency, announced Dr. Ted Baehr, MOVIEGUIDE®’s founder and publisher.

MOVIEGUIDE® is also asking Americans to sign a petition urging the MPAA to end the ratings system and adopt a Code of Decency.

“The MPAA’s ratings system never worked really well, but it has gotten much worse since it added the ambiguous PG-13 rating,” Dr. Baehr said. “Parents, especially mothers, can no longer trust the ratings for movies, especially in light of the PG-13 ratings for movies like THE LOVE GURU and LAND OF THE LOST, and the R ratings for pornographic movies like BRÜNO.”

Dr. Baehr said that the problem with the MPAA ratings is that they are not based on standards.

“This is not true of the Code of Decency,” he added, “so it is clear that the entertainment industry must return to the kind of system it had during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the Golden Age of Television, when it was a wonderful life in America because Mr. Smith went to Washington, Ricky still loved Lucy, and the Bells of St. Mary’s rang out across the whole land.”

To sign the petition, go to https://www.movieguide.org/mpaapetition.

Dr. Baehr said he will send the signed petitions to the Federal Trade Commission, which has been given the power to regulate trade in the United States, including the trade of the six major Hollywood studios that own the MPAA and run the ratings system.

Dr. Baehr is chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC) ministry which publishes MOVIEGUIDE® (www.movieguide.org), CFTVC’s family guide to movies and entertainment. CFTVC and MOVIEGUIDE® are an international non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”

For more information, visit www.movieguide.org or call 1-888-248-6689.

Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.