Disney+ Now Has R-Rated Movies: How to Turn on Parental Controls
On Friday, Disney+ launched the first R-rated movies on the streaming platform: âDeadpool,â âDeadpool 2â and âLogan.â
The three Marvel movies were produced by 20th Century Fox, which is now part of Disney â and theyâre filled with violence, adult themes and profanity. âLoganâ contains âextremely strong, bloody comic book violenceâ along with nudity, profanity and alcohol consumption, Common Sense Media notes. Of âDeadpool,â the site says the âgory, profane, sexy superhero story [is] great, but NOT for kids.â
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For parents or guardians who want to make sure their kids canât access such adult-oriented fare, Disney+ provides several parental-control features. Hereâs how to set them up:
Kidâs Profiles
This is the most straightforward way to keep child viewers within a walled garden that includes only content suitable for all viewers. To set up a kidâs profile: Open your account, then select âAdd Profile.â Select a character icon for the Profile and enter a Profile name. Toggle the âKids Profileâ setting to âOn,â then select âSave.â
Thereâs also an option for a âKid-Proof Exit,â which prevents a Kidâs Profile user from navigating to other account user profiles without completing a simple exit challenge (showing them four numbers spelled out and asking them to enter the numerals).
Content Ratings
For regular profiles (that are not set up as Kidâs Profiles), Disney+ account owners can set content ratings so that TV shows and movies rated higher than each profileâs content rating will not be shown while a user of that profile browses or searches Disney+.
To adjust a profileâs content ratings, access your profile and select âEdit Profiles.â Select the profile youâd like to edit; under âParental Controls,â select âContent Rating.â After entering your password, you can then select the highest level of content rating for that profile from among nine options (TV-Y; TV-Y7; TV-Y7-FV; G, G-TV; PG-TV, PG; PG-13; TV-14; R; and TV-MA); then click âSave.â
Profile PIN
The primary Disney+ account holder can set a four-digit password to restrict others from their profile. To set this up, select your profile and choose âProfile PINâ under the Parental Controls menu. After entering your password, you can enter, change or remove your PIN, then select âSave.â
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Parents Television and Media Council released a statement accusing Disney+ of âbreaking its promiseâ to not add R-rated movies to the streaming platform. Actually, the media conglomerate hasnât ever made such a promise. The watchdog group was referring to an August 2019 tweet by entertainment writer Eric Vespe which cited an unidentified company rep saying the content on Disney+ at launch âwill all be PG-13 or softer.â
âWhile Disney+ points subscribers to its parental controls, the mere presence of R-rated and TV-MA rated content violates the trust and sensibilities of families,â PTC president Tim Winter said in a statement. âWhat took decades to build is now taking mere months to erase.â The org had previously griped about Disney+ adding several TV-MA-rated Marvel series that had previously been on Netflix, including âDaredevil,â âJessica Jones,â âLuke Cageâ and âIron Fist.â
Ryan Reynolds, star of the âDeadpoolâ movies, had a far more lighthearted and hilarious take on the Disney+ development.
âWeâre supposed to announce âLoganâ and âDeadpoolâ will soon be the first R-rated movies on Disney+. But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma,â he tweeted Thursday. Reynolds cheekily called out, for example, âThe Lion Kingâ for âFratricide. Mauling. Very possibly half-sibling lovinâ, or at least kissinâ cousins. Seriously.â
Weâre supposed to announce Logan and Deadpool will soon be the first R-rated movies on Disney+. But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma. pic.twitter.com/FoIbiwKhiG
â Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) July 21, 2022
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