I have never been someone to trust the movie rating system. I sometimes think an R-rated movie (or 18A as it is in Canada) may be a better quality movie, have a morale to it than some of those PG-13 (or 14A) movies.
I know some people who just write R-Rated movies off as inappropriate, and I respect that. However, I am an advocate of a rating system that is so wishy-washy. I prefer using Kids-In-Mind.com. It lays out on a ranking scale the sex, violence, and profanity content. However, if you don't want to just go by the ranking, there is a list of each of the events in the movie that falls into the category. Very informative, and it allows us the viewer to make our own judgement on a movie, instead of relying on someone else.
This thought is spurred from this Globe & Mail article that discusses how more PG-13 movies are having F-bombs dropped. There are a lot of nuances in determining whether or not the movie should be PG-13 or R.
