
Rating: 6 stars
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Seen on: 09/05/2011
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Kirby Dick’s provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America 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.
Rated NR | Length 98 minutes
Maria Bello | Kimberly Peirce | Allison Anders | Darren Aronofsky | John Waters | Mary Harron | Wayne Kramer | Kevin Smith | Richard Nixon | Matt Stone | Rachel Blanchard | Atom Egoyan | Jamie Babbit | Walter Cronkite | Lawrence Lessig | Dan Rather | Javorn Drummond | Michael Tucker | Kirby Dick | Tom Brokaw | Kirsten Johnson | Jack Valenti | Ann Curry | Will H. Hays | Eddie Schmidt | Jon Lewis | David Ansen | Martin Garbus | Paul Dergarabedian | Richard Heffner | Bingham Ray | Joel Federman | Jay Rosenzweig | Paul Huebl | Clark Baker | Becky Altringer | Cheryl Howell | Cookie Schwartz | Lindsey Howell | Jay Landers | Stephen Farber | Dottie Hamilton | Mark Urman | Joan Graves | Joann Yatabe | Theresa Webb | David L. Robb | Anthony 'Tony' Hey | Barry Freeman | Arleen Bates | Matt Ioakimedes | Jane Worden | Scott Young | Howard Fridkin | Michael McClellan | James Wall | Eric Johnston | J. Parnell Thomas
I knew the MPAA was a fucking joke long before this documentary, so watching this didn’t really make me angry as much as it just reconfirmed my opinion.
I felt the documentary was at its best when Dick was interviewing directors who has gone up against the ratings board for their films. Their descriptions of the surreal experiences they had gave more insight into the mechanations than any of the investigative reporting portions did.
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