I'm not sure if Canadian ratings on films are different from that of America but in America this film is an R and here it's 14a. Do they mean the same thing or are we more lenient towards T&A and cursing?
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As the site's resident ratings expert (cough)...
Canadian ratings are generally more lenient as far as nudity, sexuality, and profanity. However, the rating of 14A makes it a difficult one to judge, because American ratings systems suffer from having nothing between PG-13 (basically the equivalent of a Canadian PG, these days at least) and R. Therefore, films which are not necessarily adult-oriented, but have slightly too much adult content to be PG-13, instantly make the rather large jump to an R rating (one example might be Kung Fu Hustle, which is only rated R in the states because of the the first scene). Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and Addicted to Love (with Broderick and Ryan) are both R in the US, while they are PG in Canada.
The US is a little lighter on violence, however, resulting in many action movies being rated PG-13 in the US and 14A in Canada (Goldeneye, Simon Sez) and even in some cases PG in the States and 14A in Canada (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark). This is more noticeable in older films, especially before the rating of PG-13 was created in '86 postceding the MPAA screening of Temple of Doom (though Red Dawn was the first film to receive this rating), but still happens today. The most extreme example I know of is the film Prophecy: The Monster Movie (directed by John Frankenheimer, I believe), which is PG in the States and 18A in Canada (all because of violent content).
...sorry. Had some time to kill.