One way for The Weinstein Company to get around that pesky R-rating the Motion Picture Association of America ratings board slapped on "Bully"?
The ratings board had said the rating was based on the film's "violent and disturbing images" and strong language.
Which brings us to the online campaign denouncing the fact that "Bully," a movie about child-on-child harassment and violence to be released Friday, has received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board.
USK, the German software ratings board, posted a content rating for a Van Halen-based game in the series.
A final challenge was to secure an R-rating from the Motion Picture Assn . of Americas ratings board without sacrificing any of the heat that helped make the book a hit.
Howard Gantman, a spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, which helps to oversee the ratings board, declined to comment on the rating, which the association confirmed in a brief statement.
But while we are on the subject of adult failures, it should be noted that the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board, by insisting on an R rating for "Bully," has made it harder for young audiences to see.
He said he would appeal the ratings board decision to give it an R rating without the cuts, despite a lack of support from the studio.
In the ratings board process, the first group of viewers who rated the film were 12 parents.
The ratings board has agreed to lift its usual ban on differently rated versions of the same film being shown within 90 days of each other.
As far as Germany goes, well, the ratings board (the country's version of the ESRB) refused to rate it back in May.
