Apparatus and method for playing moving picture on patental level in user equipment

An apparatus and a method for playing a moving picture on parental level in user equipment are provided to play one moving picture as different view ratings by assigning the view ratings to each frame of the moving picture. When a moving picture is playing(303), a user equipment inspects a view rating field of each frame of the moving picture(305). The user equipment inspects whether the view rating is set up in the viewing rating field of each frame of the moving picture or not(307). If the view rating is set up in the viewing rating field of the frame, the user equipment compares the view rating of the frame and a view rating set up by the user(309). The user equipment inspects whether the view rating set up by the user is same level as the view rating of the frame or the view rating set up by the user is lower than the view rating of the frame(311). If the view rating set up by the user is the same or lower than the view rating of the frame, the user equipment detects the next frame sequence number field in the frame header(313). The user equipment reproduces the frame corresponding to the detected sequence number(315).