RATED / RATING

I've never heard 'rated badly,' but to me it would mean incorrecty or unfairly.

The common phrase is 'got a bad rating'.

To me, the rating is what age is allowed to see it. G, PG, etc, is a movie's rating.

A review is what people said about it. It's gotten good reviews, bad reviews, or mixed reviews.

I'd only say it was rated "badly" if it was rated G and it was full of *** and violence - or rated R and it was fully of dancing cartoon animals.

Hello Grammar Geek,

Could I please ask you how to properly say these?

How and What

Are these true please?

I've been told that with How, you are asking for a review like 5/10

How is the movie rated? It's rated 5 out of 10.

with What, you are asking for a movie rating

What is the movie rated? It's rated a PG.

How would you ex

The main meaning of "rating", as far as movies go, is explained by GG already.

alc24How is the movie rated? It's rated 5 out of 10.

Chances are, No native will ask the question in this fashion. What does the review say about this movie? - may be more sensible

alc24What is the movie rated? It's rated a PG.

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I don't understand tho,

Everyone says "This movie is rated PG"

So why would the question be "What rating is this movie" or better maybe "What is the rating of the movie?"

Wouldn't it make sense to say "What is the movie rated?"

People say "How would you rate this book?" I'd rate it a 5 out of 10"

So why isn't it natural to say "How is the movie rated on

alc24Everyone says "This movie is rated PG"

Ture, GG already commented on it.

alc24So why would the question be "What rating is this movie" or better maybe "What is the rating of the movie?"

If a mom wanted to take her kids to a movie and she is not sure about the content of the movie, she will say" what is the rating on

If you want to know whether it PG, PG13, R, etc, you'd say "What is the/that/this movie rated?"

You wouldn't ask "How was it rated?" unless you already knew how that person was rating them.

Some reviewers use a thumbs-up/thumbs-down rating. Some use a basis of four stars. Some might use 10 stars.

Huh, look, Contagian got 3 1/2 out of 4 starts.

Oh yeah? What was

For PG, I would have said : What is it rated? just like you.

But if you know a certain site uses a certain system for rating films such as stars 4 stars out of 10,

I'd use "How is this film rated?"

If you use "What is the film rated?" for both PG and 5 out of 10 answers, how would you be able to distinguish the two if one were to ask you?

Thank you Grammar Geek

alc24If you use "What is the film rated?" for both PG and 5 out of 10 answers, how would you be able to distinguish the two if one were to ask you?

I would not. I would use that ONLY for PG.

HOW is this film rated is for the seven stars out of ten.

Thank you Grammar Geek,

Now that you know what I was trying to say, talking about the rating system, stars,

Would it be natural to say "The movie is rated badly" or would you say it differently when talking about 4/10 stars?

Could you please tell me if distinguished is the most natural word here:

How would you be able to distinguish the two if one were to ask yo