Kimberly Peirce,
Alison Andres,
Jon Lewis,
David Ansen,
Martin Garbus
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In a rare and refreshing reversal of roles, filmmakers put the powerful Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA for short) under the microscope for inspection in Academy Award-nominated director K... read more
Directed by: Kirby Dick
Release Date: September 1, 2006
DVD Release Date: January 23, 2007
Stats: 2,421 reviews
Almost right after watching A Serbian Film, I stumbled across a documentary that addressed the idea of corrupt movie censorship head-on, and the result is so much more rewarding.
Interviewing many of today's filmmakers who have had their films sanctioned by the MPAA, director Kir... read more
It's a more informal documentary that I wasn't expecting. It was pretty entertaining though. MPAA seems like a sketchy organization.
Not as enlightening or surprising as the tone of the film suggests. The parts with the PI were moderately amusing at best.
In the end you're left with information that you probably already knew about a system that non-filmmakers just ignore and what little information you DIDN'T... read more
Shocking! Astounding! Entertaining! A discovery about the not ethical tactics of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). The controversial documentarian, Kirby Dick, bring a different realty of this powerful system. Rare images, one detailed investigation about the hypo... read more
One of the absolute BEST documentaries out there, and my personal favorite, This Film...explores the censoring eye of the MPDDA, and their true intentions in keeping sex out of the American home and gun violence in, interviewing directors who've been there, the history of the mor... read more
Brilliant expose of the most influential censorship organization in American film. But what else does one expect besides brilliance from the ingenious mind of Kirby Dick?
Great. I never liked the ratings system. My thought is that it's a parents job to view a movie and see if they will let their child see it. Why be lazy and let some people you don't know decide randomly for you. Plus, I had also noticed before this film at how random the rati... read more
A really good look into how films are rated and by who. A lot of people might not know how this whole thing works and in some cases it comes off as being very flawed.
The doc is well made and covers the subject very well even if it is from a point of view that doesn't think the ... read more
It's no surprise that the US rating system is a huge sham. It's hypocritical, inconsistent and biased. Anybody that watches films can tell you this. What is so fascinating and surprising is the level of secrecy surrounding the MPAA. They act like a top-secret team of Government S... read more
This Film is Not Yet Rated starts off as an expose on the MPAA--a shadowy organization responsible for how movies are rated and why. The interviews with the directors and their experiences with the MPAA are interesting; as was director Kirby Dick's methods he employed to find out... read more
a head-spinning mystery, a brisk history of motion picture censorship in the U.S. and entertaining, often hilarious, visual proof of Hollywood's hypocrisy in his latest film. Full Review
It makes a good case for some all-American free enterprise to come up with an alternative. Full Review
...A ringing indictment of a system that's not just broken. It's rigged and needs replacing. Full Review
You can tell that Dick, whose previous documentary Derrida showed that he had serious chops, is having fun with this one. And a good part of the fun involves providing entertaining educational highlig...
Winds up feeling shallow, padded and unrevealing. Full Review
Although a couple of the film's conclusions are as arbitrary and questionable as decisions by the board, This Film Is Not Yet Rated should be an eye-opener. Full Review
This Film Is Not Yet Rated may be a mischievous, slanted and even angry piece of work, but it articulates a rage that filmmakers and film consumers have felt for years. Full Review
[Dick's] recordings and reenactments of his skirmishes with the MPAA's executives and lawyers make the association look like a fatuous kangaroo court that rules by fiat rather than reason.
For a film with this much argument in it, This Film is remarkably entertaining. Full Review
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