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“Bully” Documentary Given an ‘R’ Rating by the MPAA

Posted by bensackville on

The documentary film, “Bully“, set to release in select theatres on March 30th, has been given an ‘R’ rating by the Motion Picture Association of America.  The film has been given this rating based on some bad language used in the film.

In my opinion, this is ridiculous.  The whole purpose of this movie is to teach parents and children about bullying so that it can be stopped.  Why, then, should half of the demographic that needs to be appealed to, and the most important one at that, be kept from viewing this film.  I am sure that most of the students who would like to see the movie have been bullied themselves, and would greatly benefit from watching “Bully” and be able to talk to their parents about the content of the film, or even report on it for class and give their classmates a look on the world from their own perspective and see that they aren’t really any different from the rest of the world after all.

If you feel the same, a petition has been started on Change.org to have the rating of the movie altered from ‘R’ to ‘PG-13’.  Please sign the petition if you feel this is an important film for kids to see.  If you would like to read up more on the subject, check out some of the articles about the film on Google News and comment below to let me know what what you think about the film and the ideas that it presents.  Does it have the potential to deplete the number of kids who bully and are bullied, or is it naive to think that this film will have any significant effect on the minds of young kids at all?