MPAA Upholds R-Rating For Fox’s ‘This Means War’

COMMENTS (10)

• Whoops! for Fox. Very curious to see how Emma’s most pet of projects fares at the box office, especially now.

  Comment by dvelopment — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 1:26pm PST  Reply to this post

• Not good for this film… already it has a mixed message in its campaign. Is it a romantic comedy or an action movie… Is it for younger women or older women?

  Comment by hmmmm — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 2:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• If this being Emma’s pet project is the only reason it’s being allowed to go wide with an R-rating, I’ll take it regardless. Added to which, hope the pic succeeds at the box office if only to prove to studios a PG-13 isn’t necessary in every single case.

  Comment by BDM — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 3:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• Well, I want to see “some sexual content”, I hope they don’t editing the movie too much!

  Comment by mimi — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 3:21pm PST  Reply to this post

• God forbid the youth of America see “some sexual content”. Thanks, MPAA, for continuing to censor what they see. Go rent “This Film Is Not Yet Rated” for a better understanding on how f’d up this system really is.

  Comment by Chris — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 4:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• How utterly ridiculous. Funny how the violence in the movie doesn’t phase them at all. There’s more sex on your average reality show than in a Reese Witherspoon movie. Do they really think that a 14-17 year old (the difference between PG-13 and R) is going to be adversely influence by the sex here and not the violence that is piled on to so many PG and PG-13 films?

  Comment by nyguy — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 5:11pm PST  Reply to this post

• And yet we in the UK have rated it 12A, aka PG13. What’s up with the mpaa?

  Comment by John — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 5:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• Does it really matter?

  It looks awful, at least based on the trailers.

  Maybe they should rate it DOA………..

  Comment by Purcell MacDonald — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 6:42pm PST  Reply to this post

• Might actually be a good thing? The “R” rating could hold a greater appeal to a wider audience than the pg-13. Fox can sell it to adults more now than teens.

  Comment by Rex — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 6:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Saw a screening of it last night and am shocked that they held the R-rating. I knew it received an R earlier so I assumed I was watching an edited version to bring it down to PG-13, but guess not. There is one F-word (in a non-sexual use), no nudity, and the violence is completely bloodless. Sure, there are some crude sexual reference, mostly from Handler, but nothing no one has heard before. This will be a rating conundrum talked about for a while…

  Oh yeah, the movie was OK as far as these VDay date movies go – especially for guys.

  Comment by Ryan — Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 8:14pm PST  Reply to this post