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Why the R rating?

posted 9 years ago by hubcap18
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I don't quite get why this film was rated R. There's no violence or nudity, I only noticed two expletives, there's quite a bit of smoking and drinking and a little bit of sexual situations/dialogue. It should have been a PG-13 movie easily. Kids under thirteen (especially today's kids) might be bored by this, but aren't ratings more for responsible parents who want to prevent their kids from seeing the "objectionable" content of the kind mentioned above? I was aware in 1995, and I don't think standards were that much different. Anybody have any ideas?
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[–] radoou 8 years ago

It is a mystery to me also

[–] cindykoerner 8 years ago

It's completely ridiculous!
I don't understand the rating system. I've seen many PG-13 films that are so much worse that Before Sunrise, it makes no sense.

[–] Gus-69 8 years ago

You people don't even know how to use IMDb, do you?

"Rated R for some strong language"

It's right there in the main page of the movie.

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[–] stevekaczynski 7 years ago

It is puzzling. I have seen some films with controversial scenes and some violence that were only PG-13.

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