How are MPAA movie ratings decided and enforced?

What separates a PG rating from a PG-13? And will two curse words really get a movie an R rating automatically? Scripps Film Critic Clint Davis takes a look at the history of MPAA movie ratings and the sometimes bizarre logic behind them.

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