Maybe, caught up in the “issues”, I failed to expand on that - probably because everyone knows the story and the set pieces already, and most readers here want to know the sordid details bandied about in the media of late.
This IS a children’s story, suitable for adults. There’s a teen Belle who simply wants to read books and admire her eccentric tinkering father, but has to ward off the advances of an amorous Gaston, and ends up maturely falling in love with a prince. There are several musical set pieces, involving much spectacular dancing by either townsfolk or brilliantly animated furnishings. It’s the classic fairy tale, brought more to life than any production has. Romantic intimacy is nearly non-existent, save for Belle’s passionate kiss with the Prince at the end. It teaches classic Western cultural values which children need absorb.
The PG rating likely comes from the intensity of the fight scenes, and that mostly from the brief but vicious battles with wild wolves, and Gaston’s final attempt at killing Beast.
“There’s a teen Belle “
aged 26
PG of today doesn’t mean the same as PG of old.
No one wants a G rating for movies trying to bring in teens and young adults.
Planet of the Apes (original) had nudity, violence/action, and profanity and was still G.
There was a time when studios were adding profanity to get a PG or PG-13 rating, and other times when movies got a PG or even R because the subject was too boring (not even sexy, violent, or horrifying).
Do you even know the fairy tale as it was written?