Sunday, May 17, 2009

This film is not yet rated

This film was very interesting, as it explored a subject that few people consider. It's weird to think about the ratings system as a sort of secret society that determines the fate of the success of the movies it rates. They have the potential to cause a film to lose millions of viewers if they rate it one rating level higher; and they do it all behind closed doors. This is why Kirby Dick, the director, decided to investigate this and create a film mocking the whole system and showing the many fallacies in their logic; there are several double-standards that they apply and judge based mostly on opinion and judgement. It was interesting the way the film shifted between explaining the ratings system and its flaws and the investigation it had going. The detective woman was very strange and her methods were questionable at best. Overall this was an enjoyable film that explained and showed a lot about a subject I was relatively unaware of.

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