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A rated "R" "family" movie?

posted 9 years ago by NoHeadedHershel
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How does an R rated movie get classified as being a "family" movie?

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Formerly OneLeggedHershel. Poor Hershel.

[–] Ithilfaen 9 years ago

1) Just because someone (it can be anyone really) added a "family" tag to a movie, doesn't mean it's accurate
2) A movie about family doesn't have to be some BS for little kids with talking pets and warm feelings
3) If you live your life by labels, you'll miss a lot of good things.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] qtpi1969 9 years ago

Simply said, the use of the word
f a g g o t

[–] DeepCinema 9 years ago

There's a great deal of sexual discussion going down, and I can imagine it being a tad uncomfortable to have Junior enquiring, "What's cunnilingous?"

[–] mathew5000 8 years ago

By IMDb's criteria this is not a family movie. IMDb defines the genre "family" as follows:

Should be universally accepted viewing. e.g., aimed specifically for the education and/or entertainment of children or the entire family. Note: Usually, but not always, complementary to Animation. Objective.

(http://www.imdb.com/help/search?domain=helpdesk_faq&index=2&file=genres#family)

The article at Wikipedia specifically defines the term "family film" as a genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_film)

I would assume that somebody incorrectly submitted the genre tag family on this film, because the theme of this film relates to family relationships (or lack thereof).

[–] mathew5000 8 years ago

Anyway, currently the only genres IMDb lists for this film are "comedy" and "drama"