NC-17

[en-see-sev-uh n-teen]

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Trademark.

no children under 17: a motion-picture rating advising that persons under the age of 17 will not be admitted to the film.Compare G(def 7), PG, PG-13, R¹, X(def 8).

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Examples from the Web for nc-17

Contemporary Examples

“My film got slammed with an NC-17 for a scene of ‘suggested’ oral sex,” wrote Kramer.
Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: ‘Gone Girl’ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure
Marlow Stern
October 4, 2014
I thought it was one of the best movies of last year, and unfortunately, there was the NC-17 issue.
Gina Gershon on Being Donatella Versace, ‘Showgirls,’ and Bill Clinton Rumors
Marlow Stern
October 4, 2013
Translation: Hey girl, if a man receiving oral sex in a movie only gets an R rating, why should a woman receiving it get an NC-17?
‘Feminist Ryan Gosling’ Author Danielle Henderson on Her New Book
Melissa Leon
August 14, 2012