Censor slams lack of G-rated movies

Sam Neill in G-rated movie Dean Spanley. Photo / Supplied

Parents are being denied opportunities to bundle their children off to the movies during school holidays because of a shortage of appropriate films, the chief censor says.

Bill Hastings today criticised New Zealand film distributors and exhibitors for not supplying G-rated movies for the school holidays.

"Where are the G movies?" he asked.

School holidays presented the perfect opportunity for relatively inexpensive family outings, yet the cinemas were not showing any G-rated movies the whole family could enjoy, he said.

"In New Zealand, a G rating is every parent's last sanctuary," Mr Hastings said.

"There should be nothing in a G-rated film that would cause anyone concern.

"In these tough economic times, I would have thought the New Zealand film industry would be trying to reverse declining ticket sales by offering films that the whole family could enjoy."

- NZPA