Here’s the MMFF 2023 rating guide
MMFF 2023 – Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) released the rating guide for the Metro Manila Film Festival movie entries this year.
Ten (10) movies joined the 49th edition of the annual festival that will open on Christmas Day, December 25, 2023. These movies are presented with the hope of lifting the movie industry in the Philippines which was quite low amid the pandemic.
Among these movie entries, Best Picture, Best Director, and other prestigious awards will be chosen. This year, a variety of movies made up the list of official entries.
With this, based on the article in PEP, MTRCB released the film ratings to give a guide to viewers throughout the run of this year’s film festival. These ratings are imposed for viewers to be aware of the content of the movies, including scenes, language, and plot.
The G rating or “General Audience” is given to films that are suitable for all audiences or it can be called child-friendly. This year, Megastar Sharon Cuneta and Alden Richards’s Family Of Two falls under this category, as well as, Matteo Guidicelli’s Pedro Penduko.
PG stands for Parental Guidance and this means that viewers below 13 years old must be accompanied by a parent or supervising adult when watching the film. The majority of the MMFF 2023 entries fall under this category such as Becky & Badette featuring comedienne friends Eugene Domingo and Pokwang under The IdeaFirst Company Inc., and LGBT comedy film Broken Hearts Trip backed by BMC Films starring Christian Bables.
Alessandra de Rossi’s film Firefly under GMA Pictures and GMA Public Affairs also falls under PG, as well as the historical film GomBurZa produced by Jesuit Communications and MQuest Ventures featuring Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, and Enchong Dee.
The reunion movie of Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes also belongs to the PG category. This film is titled Rewind and co-produced by ABS-CBN Film Productions. Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon’s I Met You in Tokyo produced by JG Productions is also rated PG.
R-13 or Restricted 13 is the rating given to movies that contain themes, language, violence, n*dity, s+x, horror, and drugs not suitable for children below 13 years old. This category is where the movie Kampon of Beauty Gonzalez and Derek Ramsay falls as well as Piolo Pascual’s Mallari.