Fresh
A movie that is at once eye-opening and hilarious.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Censorship, uncensored.
2006 · 1h 38m · NC-17
Documentary
Directed by
Kirby Dick
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Overview
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
Director and cast
- Kirby Dick Director
- Kimberly Peirce as Self - Director of 'Boys Don't Cry'
- Jon Lewis as Self - Author of 'Hollywood v. Hardcore'
- David Ansen as Self - Film Critic at 'Newsweek'
- Martin Garbus as Self - First Amendment Attorney
- Wayne Kramer as Self - Director of 'The Cooler'
- Paul Dergarabedian as Self - Box Office Analyst
- Kevin Smith as Self - Director of 'Clerks' and 'Jersey Girl'
- John Waters as Self - Director of 'A Dirty Shame'
- Matt Stone as Self - Producer of 'South Park' and 'Team America'
- Richard Heffner as Self - Former Rating Board Chairman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
a head-spinning mystery, a brisk history of motion picture censorship in the U.S. and entertaining, often hilarious, visual proof of Hollywood's hypocrisy in his latest film.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Fresh
It makes a good case for some all-American free enterprise to come up with an alternative.
David Germain, Associated Press
Fresh
...A ringing indictment of a system that's not just broken. It's rigged and needs replacing.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
You can tell that Dick, whose previous documentary Derrida showed that he had serious chops, is having fun with this one. And a good part of the fun involves providing entertaining educational highlights for the public.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
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