This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
86%RT Audience Score: 81%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 3 nominations
Not Yet Rated is a cinematic masterpiece that exposes the hypocrisy and absurdity of the Motion Picture Association of America’s rating system. Kirby Dick’s documentary is a witty and intelligent exploration of the history of censorship in the United States, and the film provides a head-spinning mystery that will leave you questioning the very foundation of the MPAA’s rating system. With entertaining and often hilarious visual proof of Hollywood’s hypocrisy, Not Yet Rated is a must-see for anyone who cares about the future of cinema. Dick’s previous documentary, Derrida, showed that he had serious chops, and this film is no exception. It’s a ringing indictment of a system that’s not just broken, but rigged and in desperate need of replacing.
Not Yet Rated is a documentary that will make you laugh and think twice about the movie rating system. Kirby Dick takes us on a wild ride through the history of censorship in the US, exposing Hollywood’s hypocrisy along the way. With a refreshingly snotty sense of humor, Dick pokes fun at the MPAA and their nonsensically prudish ways. It’s a fun doc that will leave you feeling enlightened and entertained. Plus, who doesn’t love a good lesbian detective?
Production Company(ies)
Orion-Nova Productions,
Distributor
IFC Films
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated NC-17 for some graphic sexual content
Year of Release
2006
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 37m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2006 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2007
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $347,240
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $512,060
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,731
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 55,841
US/Canada gross: $306,845
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $452,491
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,349
US/Canada opening weekend: $30,664
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $45,219
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,242
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Eddie Schmidt – Producer
Alison Palmer Bourke – Executive Producer
Evan Shapiro – Executive Producer
Director(s)
Kirby Dick
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (118) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (99) | Rotten (19)
A movie that is at once eye-opening and hilarious.
January 19, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
TOP CRITIC
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.
January 19, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
It makes a good case for some all-American free enterprise to come up with an alternative.
December 27, 2006
David Germain
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
…A ringing indictment of a system that’s not just broken. It’s rigged and needs replacing.
December 15, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
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 highlights for the public.
November 10, 2006 | Rating: B
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
TOP CRITIC
Winds up feeling shallow, padded and unrevealing.
November 10, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
Michael Booth
Denver Post
TOP CRITIC
Kirby Dick’s documentary on the nonsensically prudish Motion Picture Association of America…the fun doc follows Dick as he and an excellent lesbian detective fall down the MPAA’s rabbit hole…
December 8, 2021
Chase Burns
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Not Yet Rated is well worth seeing…
May 14, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
February 9, 2011 | Rating: 7/10
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com
[The film] has a refreshingly snotty sense of humor…Dick would put a banana peel out on Ventura Boulevard if he thought a[n MPAA] rater might slip on it.
August 21, 2009
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Even if you’ve never given a second thought to who bestows ratings on movies or how those ranks are given, Kirby Dick’s enlightening documentary will catch you up in its infectious spin of curiosity.
April 20, 2009 | Rating: B+
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
…a smug little documentary…
October 31, 2008 | Rating: 2/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews…
Plot
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 Kirby Dick’s incisive look at stateside cinema’s most notorious non-censoring censors. Compelled by the staggering amount of power that the MPAA ratings board wields, the filmmaker seeks out the true identities of the anonymous elite who control what films make it to the multiplex. He even goes so far as to hire a private investigator to stake out MPAA headquarters and expose Hollywood’s best-kept secret. Along the way, Dick speaks with numerous filmmakers whose careers have been affected by the seemingly random and sexual-content obsessed judgments of the MPAA, including John Waters, Mary Harron, Darren Aronofsky, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, and Atom Egoyan.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary features commentary from filmmakers such as Kimberly Peirce, Wayne Kramer, Michael Tucker, and Matt Stone.
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