By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Columbia Pictures, Hollywood Reporter
Year One
Though Judd Apatow and Harold Ramis begged the MPAA to reconsider, the organization decided that the Year One still had enough content to earn the R rating. What content? Well, we all know the MPAA is extremely sensitive to anything sexual, though a headshot is fine, and this same 'sexual content' keeps the film's rating out of reach of PG-13.
Year One Rated R
While Columbia Pictures can't be happy about losing a big chunk of potential audience -- at least, without adult supervision -- maybe now's the time to accept the R rating and take advantage of the leeway that it provides. In short, let's put back in whatever may have been cut out of Year One, and celebrate the R rating with adult comedy. I don't know about you, but I'm sick of studios (desperately) trying to qualify their films for PG-13. Hell, even Terminator Salvation is PG-13. Violence is obviously not as offensive in the States.
Judd Apatow's obviously no stranger to R-comedy, so maybe this move by the MPAA is something worth celebrating, as an audience.
Year One opens to theaters on June 19th.
For the TV spots, trailers, still and more movie info, go to the Year One.
Year One
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