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Why Is This Rated R

posted 17 years ago by tfm7858
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What is in this film that makes it rated R. I know their is a lot of swearing in it but what eles is their in it.

Also is the whole thing in black and white.

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[–] tfm7858 17 years ago

That's stupid.

[–] Firetears_X 17 years ago

Well, back when this was released, which is almost 10 years ago, they weren't so strict and didn't have leveled rules. But this deserved the R rating. It has a lot of sexual references and they swear a lot. It's not that bad but I don't see how it can go with a PG-13. And believe me, I'm one of those people who HATE the rating system.

[–] locifo 13 years ago

Well, Marlon spends about three minutes running around buck nekkid in public. I imagine that has something to do with it.

[–] Monkeydigital 12 years ago

Do not forget the drug references.

[–] dementa42 11 years ago

and btw, to the initial question, none of it is in black & white. :P

[–] SunNumberOne 10 years ago

He calls Patrick Ewing an "ugly mother f_cker"

Not saying that's enough to justify an R rating, but I'm currently watching this on a movie channel after not seeing it for years. And when that line came up I said to my roommate "whoa, is this rated R?" and it prompted me to check the rating lol...

"Alright let's get this bull sh!t over with..."
-Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm

[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

It feels borderline PG-13. They probably had that rating in mind when they shot it.

[–] stockjacob 8 years ago

It really does feel like a PG-13 film. I realize that it was shot in the late 90's. Most production companies would cut those small, unneeded scenes that use profanity. It just seems odd. A slight alteration of some of the language.....and this would have been a PG-13 comedy. The language really doesn't add anything.