I've always been fascinated by film ratings. Maybe its because I was one of those kids who was unlucky enough to have parents that didn't allow me to watch certain films till I was legally old enough.

I was lucky enough to get to attend a talk by a member of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) last year. I was desperate to learn more about the American system in order to compare.

This documentary was excellent giving me a perfect insight into what appears to be a very flawed system. Its one of those documentary that perfectly strikes the balance between being educational and being enjoyable.

I would be interested to know if this has become outdated in the 7 years since its release? A big thanks to Peter Pibson for the recommendation.

Good documentary about stupid MPAA rating system in America. We, european movie watchers, should be proud and happy to see more boobs and less violence.

BBFC is a million times better than this piece of shit ratings board.

I thought this was a great documentary, i learned a lot about the way that the MPAA is corrupted by the views of a few uptight parents. recommended

An eye opening look at how corrupt the MPAA is and how it is ruining the film industry. Makes me glad we have a much better rating system in Australia.

I'll never forget watching that part in grade 12 film class where it counts all the thrusts.

Interesting look at the flawed MPAA.

The film brings a light to a well known failing system, it makes it out to be somewhat worse that it really s, or at least my perception is that it's filled with puritanical people that don't follow a clear standard and cave easier to demands of the big studios. Is that fair? no, but also doesn't really make them the last standing bastion of censorship. In any case he doesn't really reveal much more, the most entertaining part is seeing how the private investigator figures out the identities of the raters, but really it's more of a tangent. But in general t's entertaining.

A vital subject is presented with mind-blowing revelations and, sadly, an awful lot of grandstanding.

Crikey.....

I've always been fascinated by film ratings. Maybe its because I was one of those kids who was unlucky enough to have parents that didn't allow me to watch certain films till I was legally old enough.

I was lucky enough to get to attend a talk by a member of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) last year. I was desperate to learn more about the American system in order to compare.

This documentary was excellent giving me a perfect insight into what appears to be a very flawed system. Its one of those documentary that perfectly strikes the balance between being educational and being enjoyable.

I would be interested to know if this has become outdated in the 7 years since its release? A big thanks to Peter Pibson for the recommendation.

Documentary that goes along way toward explaining what the MPAA is MEANT to do and what it actually DOES.

Things this film taught me:

- Disregard any rating set down by the MPAA
- pretty much everything I read or see is controlled by a handful of people. Scary thought.

Interesting and thought-provoking but uneven, in my opinion. I wish they'd skipped some of the sleuthing and stalking MPAA members and gone into more depth with the filmmaker interviews and with the ideas raised in those discussions.