This is an amusing film, less smart and provocative than its makers take it to be, and thin on sustained, rational argument and international perspective.
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09/02/06
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)
84 %
Reviews Counted: 112 Fresh: 94 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
A fascinating and entertaining film that will open many eyes to the often-questioned tactics of the MPAA and their ratings sytem.
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: 01-09-2006
Synopsis: Passionate cinephiles can be found casting quizzical glances at the erratic and often conflicting decisions made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as they slap ratings onto movies. So in an attempt to make sense of their working methods--which, until now, have remained... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Todd Solondz, John Waters, Darren Aronofsky, Kimberly Peirce, Kevin Smith
Director: Kirby Dick
Reviews
Top Critic
Not Yet Rated is a doc that anyone with even a passing interest in movie censorship, sorry, classification, should seek out.
09/01/06
This is a landmark denunciation of Hollywood infantilisation and protectionism.
08/31/06
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ick strikes a blow for every independent filmmaker who has ever been forced to comply with its restrictive mandates. Some of his underhand tactics, however, make one pause.
08/29/06
Top Critic
An entertaining and strikingly important film, even if it slightly loses focus.
08/10/06
paroysiazei me anatreptiki diathesi, maniasmeno peisma kai dianooymenistiko sarkasmo tin tragiki geloiotita tis skiodoys epitropis, poy me adieykrinista kritiria kai kathagiasmeno etsithelismo, frontizei gia tin katharotita toy kinimatografikoy proiontos
10/14/07
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05/12/07
Takes a comical look at the ratings board and its nefarious activities in giving a film a rating.
03/31/07
Dick bares the graphic inconsistencies in the Hollywood ratings game, especially when it comes to the great divide between violence (bring it on) and sex (don't take it off).
01/22/07
If you care about the freedom of expression, including in the film industry, this documentary feature is important as a learning tool.
01/19/07
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.
01/19/07
A damning documentary which indicts the MPAA as a thinly-veiled arm of the handful of Hollywood studios which have come to dominate the film industry.
01/19/07
It takes balls for documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick to take on the all-powerful Motional Picture Association of America (MPAA) ratings board.
01/19/07
Um protesto importante e ocasionalmente revelador, mas que se enfraquece por não oferecer alternativas viáveis ao sistema de classificação da MPAA e pela auto-inclusão desnecessária do diretor na discussão.
01/13/07
In the absolute height of irony, THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED earned an NC-17.
01/11/07
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