Facing the Giants rated PG for Mature Themes, not Christianity
After several weeks of controversy surrounding the Parental Guidance (PG) rating of the film “Facing the Giants”, the MPAA has stated that the furor was caused by nothing more than a misunderstanding.
On June 7th, Kris Fuhr, vice president for marketing at Provident Films (owned by Sony), was quoted by Scripps Howard saying that she was told by someone at the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) that “Facing the Giants” was awarded a PG Rating because the film “was heavily laden with messages from one religion and that this might offend people from other religions.”
Conservative news sources, organizations and politicians across the United States, puzzled by the report, expressed their concern with the MPAA’s reasons and called on the Association to explain why the movie merited the PG rating.
“This incident raises the disquieting possibility that MPAA considers exposure to Christian themes more dangerous for children than exposure to gratuitous sex and mindless violence,” House Majority Whip Roy Blunt wrote in a letter to MPAA Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman.
On June 13th, Catholic League president Bill Donohue wrote to Dan Glickman, chairman and CEO of the MPAA, requesting that he investigate why an “overtly” Christian film like “Facing the Giants” merited the PG red flag.
Joan Graves, chairman of the MPAA ratings board, contacted the Catholic League, admitting that she was the MPAA official who originally spoke to Fuhr. According to Graves, she told Fuhr that the PG rating was given to the movie, not for being overtly religious, but because of mature issues such as: depression, matters relating to pregnancy and sports-related violence. So there you have it, a lot of fuss over nothing.
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