Gettin’ creative with movie ratings at the N.Y. Times:
Although The Classification and Rating Administration (CARA) provides nicely concise explanations for their movie ratings, the New York Times reviewers often can’t help adding their own embellished descriptions. Here’s a list of current official movie ratings and their N.Y. Times review equivalents. For those who want to play “guess that movie”, I’ve added a link to each movie’s IMDB entry.

CARA: Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and strong language.
NY Times: PG-13 for nudity, profanity and other grown-up stuff. (imdb)

CARA: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some language.
NY Times: rated PG-13, which means that it gets away with a mountain range of undernourished double-entendres, strong language, tricky conjoined twin fistfights and alcohol consumption. (imdb)

CARA: Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor.
NY Times: rated PG-13. It contains some saucy dialogue and a cheerleading routine that would steam up glasses on the old 42nd Street. (imdb)

CARA: Rated R for strong violence and battle sequences.
NY Times: rated R. It has violence, including enough ritualistic bloodletting for a week on the History Channel; alcohol use; strong language; and a chaste hint of sexuality. (imdb)

CARA: Rated PG-13 for intense battle sequences, related images, and brief language.
NY Times: rated PG-13. It has some bloody scenes of naval warfare (and shipboard surgery) as well as some salty sailor talk. (ohh come on, this one‘s easy)

CARA: Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images.
NY Times: rated PG-13 for a stunning mastery of violence and intense scenes of bloodletting. (imdb)