This Film Is Not Yet Rated

This Film is Not Yet Rated is a documentary directed by Kirby Dick, and produced by Eddie Schmidt about the Motion Picture Association of America (or the MPAA) and their often-unjust rules in rating movies. The MPAA’s rating system is as follows: G and PG are the same as they are in Australia, M is called PG-13 in America, MA15+ is R, and R18+ is NC-17, the latter being the strongest rating. The difference between an R movie and an NC-17 movie can be as wide as hundreds of millions of dollars, and

Ever since I was a young kid I never really paid attention to film ratings until viewing, This Film Is Not Yet Rated. I looked back at the many years of movie watching I had done and began to wonder how films were actually being rated as well as who was doing the rating. The main characters Kirby Dick, Jack Valenti, and Becky Altrigner look to unveil the truth behind the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) rating system by providing personal interviews with old raters by going undercover

The 2006 film, “This Film is Not Yet Rated”, argues that the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA’s) rating system for films is a form of censorship with underlying purposes. The rating system’s purposes as the film presents include profit, box office numbers, image, control and company interest. The film presents its thesis with facts, independent investigation and commentary by people within the film industry and those that the MPAA’s film rating system directly affects. The film makes a

English 122 12-1-11 The Current Rating System in the United States The current content rating system in use for film, the MPAA, is the only content rating system that is legally enforced in the United States. For this reason, the system has caused controversy. Many have claimed that the system is unbalanced, as the MPAA bases the level of appropriate content for all people in the United States off of the opinions of an unidentified council of people over the age of forty (Jenkins). The stance

Virtually, their system is only in place as an informative tool provided to assist parents to conveniently and easily decide what film will be suitable for their children. In reality, the system as previously discussed, influence the overall life span of a film. The is no realistic alternative other than going through the process of receiving a rating by the MPAA, editing the film to their liking or taking your chances with the appeals board. The members of the MPAA which include Sony Pictures (Sony)

The documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated, provides an account about the MPAA and their rating system. The film contends three main arguments against the MPAA rating's prejudice between; sex and violent content, homosexual sex and heterosexual sex, and bloody and non-bloody violence, by their use of side-by-side comparisons. A main argument in the film is how the MPAA differs in its treatment of sexual content versus violent content. The documentary contends that main difference between NC-17

over the MPAA, he set the standards of how movies would be rated for years to come. The MPAA’s rating system has become outdated when compared to America’s constantly changing societal standards which has allowed filmmakers to push the boundaries with their films while still getting the ratings they want. The MPAA’s movie rating system has been progressively allowing movies to teach children immoral values and something must be done to fix this. The different topics on which the MPAA base their ratings

friends. Yet, not everything is perfect. There are multiple issues with the MPAA’s rating system. The fact that ratings do not always accurately reflect the content

objectionable material in film. Before 1968, the MPAA required that all films follow the guidelines of the Production Code. The Production Code stipulated what was and was not appropriate to appear in films. In 1966, the MPAA elected Jack Valenti president and he changed the code to a rating system based on the amount of objectionable content in a film. The rating system went through several amendments until the current rating system. A controversy arose when The Weinstein Co. film Blue Valentine received

In 1968s, a voluntary rating system was set up for keeping the youngster from seeing undesired or unsuitable film. This system is called the MPAA (the Motion Picture Association of America). Based on “This Film is Not Yet Rated” (2006), inside of the MPAA, there is an anonymous group of parents gather to rate films. They give out the final rating result out like: G, PG-13, NC-17, R, and PG. Basically, G means all ages admitted; PG, there are some material may not be suitable for children, parental