Does 'PG' rating mean 'pro-God'?
Film with miracles, talk about Jesus draws parental warning from MPAA
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A new family film featuring miracles and a pro-God theme has earned a rating of "PG" from the Motion Picture Association of America due to fears it might offend people who have no faith or a different faith.
The decision surprises many who believed the "parental guidance" warning was reserved for the likes of violence, foul language and nudity.Facing the Giants, the story of a Christian high-school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure, was given the rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, the group which brands films according to their content.
The theme of a PG-rated film may itself call for parental guidance," the MPAA says of its rating system. "There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence or brief nudity. ... The PG rating, suggesting parental guidance, is thus an alert for examination of a film by parents before deciding on its viewing by their children. Obviously such a line is difficult to draw."
"It is kind of interesting that faith has joined that list of deadly sins that the MPAA board wants to warn parents to worry about," film spokesman Kris Fuhr told the Scripps Howard News Service.Fuhr noted the association "decided that the movie was heavily laden with messages from one religion and that this might offend people from other religions. It's important that they used the word 'proselytizing' when they talked about giving this movie a PG."
The movie was made at a cost of $100,000 by Provident Films, a division of Sony Pictures. It was co-written and co-produced by Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the associate pastors of media at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.
The plot includes numerous prayers being answered, a medical miracle, and a mystic who delivers a message from God.