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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorThe Movieman
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If a movie has no rating on the back cover at all yet did receive an MPAA rating (per filmratings.com and also shown on the film's Rotten Tomatoes page), should it be NR or the rating as assigned by the MPAA?
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Is this an alternate cut to the rated theatrical release?  If there's no rating on the case anywhere then it should be rated either "Unrated" or "NR".

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorThe Movieman
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In this case it's the theatrical release which did get a rating (per filmratings.com which, FWIW, is linked to on MPAA's site).
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Quoting scotthm:
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Is this an alternate cut to the rated theatrical release?  If there's no rating on the case anywhere then it should be rated either "Unrated" or "NR".

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That's the way I read the rules in this case also.

If there is no rating shown anywhere on the case, it would get "NR". If it is an alternate cut on the disc for a film which originally received a theatrical rating, then it would get "Unrated".
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So... in your case it should be Unrated, no? Because the one you submitted did get a PG rating.
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So... in your case it should be Unrated, no? Because the one you submitted did get a PG rating.


How so? Is it an "alternate" cut of the film? There's no evidence for or against that I've seen.

The fact remains that there are no ratings shown anywhere on the covers/packaging, so "NR" would follow the rules as it currently stands.
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I personally disagree as it did receive a PG rating but this will get us nowhere and have locked it locally. 

As always, do appreciate your contributions. 
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Personally, I really wish that if a film was rated but the DVD/Blu-ray release did not list the rating on the package, that we could submit the correct rating to the profile.

Like Movieman, I'm not talking about an alternate or unrated cut here, simply a release of the theatrical cut that does not have the rating on the package.  A lot of Criterion releases do this, for example. 

However, taking ratings from filmratings.com has been consistently voted No to in these cases, so I just lock mine locally.
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I don't see what's wrong with using a piece of information like that as long as it's from a reputable site, or other reliable source, such as an official trailer, even if it's not on the case. We're allowed other types of information that is never, or often not, on the case or in the credits, such as DVD release date, SRP, Original Title, Production Country, etc. I have some where the length of the movie is not on the case and have had to reach out to somewhere like Amazon. Video and audio formats are sometimes not on the case and not explicitly stated in the DVD menus, so unless you have a receiver that tells you the actual audio format (Other than "multi-channel PCM") and measure the screen size with a ruler, the options are to leave it out or guess.
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