Weinstein Co To Release ‘Bully’ Unrated

COMMENTS (18)

• Yes I agree with this in light of the MPAAs ignorance of relevance.

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 1:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If I see anyone from the MPAA, I’m going to kick their ass!

  Comment by Chris — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 2:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Way to get that anti-bullying message out there Chris.

    Comment by Clark — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 5:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • That’s the joke of it all.

      Comment by Chris — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 9:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Your move exhibitors. You going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution?

  Comment by Aaron — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 2:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Please Explain… does “no rating” mean that anyone can see it?

  Comment by John Doe — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 2:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Good.

  Comment by TL — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 3:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Why didn’t Weinstein release it with bleeps?

  Comment by ae — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 3:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Why should they? Kids say & hear ‘fuck’ every day.

    Comment by dee123 — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 6:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • While I understand that kids hear that word and (some) say it, it doesn’t mean it’s necessary. It’s rather lazy communication. How old should the kids who hear that word be? Is 7 too young? Where should the line be drawn?

      Comment by ae — Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 8:52am PDT  Reply to this post

• Many theaters usually will not allow people under 18 years old into an unrated movie. An R rating at least allows kids into the film with an adult/parent/guardian. If this policy is truely practiced, it further alienates the intended audience.

  Comment by mileshigh — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 4:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I feel like this decision has little to do with the theatrical release and more to do with the home video. It will be up to a school’s discretion whether they want to show the DVD to students, whereas with an R, there would be no way it would be allowed at the district level.

    Comment by Allison — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 7:20pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The film Bully has now become the Bully. Hey Harvey get over it, the MPAA is right.

  Comment by captain Lashout — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 4:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• What the MPAA did in this case was unconscionable. This is an important film, young people need to see it. We must put an end to bullying in schools once and for all with a zero tolerance policy.

  Comment by Evan — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 6:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • If this movie is so all-fired important (which I think is bull, BTW; a movie isn’t going to stop bullying), why didn’t its creators edit it a tiny bit more to get a PG-13 rating? Seeing that they were within one vote, they easily could have snipped an unnecessary curse word or two to get that PG-13 rating.

    You’re nuts if you think one lousy movie is going to “put an end to bullying in schools once and for all.” The bullies won’t give a crap about the content of a film.

    Comment by Ella — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 10:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • They are doing it for money. South park’s spoof is more truthful and I suspect more engaging than this film.

      Comment by e.a. mourn — Monday April 16, 2012 @ 8:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yes, young people need to see it, but WITH THEIR PARENTS! The point of the R rating is NOT to ban children, but to REQUIRE them to see it with their parents, who can then help children understand some of the rougher points of the film. The MPAA is right, and Weinstein is wrong.

    Comment by The Lone Fedora — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 11:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Because that would be censorship.

  Comment by dkev — Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 11:54am PDT  Reply to this post