--- title: Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch», a lesson of the arts course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Films get an age rating, a label like U, PG, 12A or 15 in the UK, or G, PG or PG-13 in the US, that warns families what i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/) / Age ratings, scary films and choosing… # Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch Lesson 26 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/0/) — Films get an age rating, a label like U, PG, 12A or 15 in the UK, or G, PG or PG-13 in the US, that warns families what is inside: how scary, how violent, how rude. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/1/) — A rating is not there to annoy kids; it is like the depth sign at a swimming pool, telling you where you can stand and where it is too deep for now. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/2/) — Picture a sleepover: everyone says a horror film "isn't even that scary", then one friend cannot sleep for three nights; scary pictures can stick in the mind, and saying no is allowed. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/3/) — Choosing well also means picking something instead of scrolling for ever, putting the phone down to catch the clues, and not spoiling the ending for others. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/4/) — People say it their own way: "shook" means badly scared, "a lightweight" is someone who tires easily, and "daylight robbery" means far too expensive. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/5/) — In the UK films are rated U, PG, 12A, 15 and 18, and in the US G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17; the ratings warn about scary scenes, violence and bad language. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/6/) — Parents decide what children watch at home, and cinemas must follow the age rules. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/7/) — Ratings look at much more than swearing: a frightening or violent scene can matter more than a rude word. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/8/) — Scary films can cause bad dreams, especially for young children; talking about it, watching something funny after and remembering it is made up all help. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/9/) — Streaming services have huge libraries, and too much choice can make people scroll for ages without choosing. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/10/) — Family film nights work best when the film is not too long or too late and everyone gets a turn to choose. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/11/) — Critics and review sites give scores, but those are opinions, and your own taste may differ. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/12/) — Films hide clues early on, so scrolling on a phone during a film means missing details that matter later. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/14/) — Cinemas earn a big part of their money from snacks, because much of the ticket money goes to the film company. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/15/) — Documentaries are films about real life, like nature, history or sport, and the best ones are as gripping as any story. - ← previous: [Special effects and stunts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/) - next →: [Theatre: stage, actors, backstage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/) - ↑ back to [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/)