Smith Wins Appeal for Porno's R Rating

Director Kevin Smith has won an appeal to lower the adults-only NC-17 rating for his comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, to an R rating.

Motion Picture Association of America spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman said Tuesday the rating was revised after the group's appeals board viewed the movie.

The NC-17 rating would have prohibited anyone younger than 17 from seeing the movie. With an R rating, those under 17 can see it in the company of an adult.

In the October 31st release, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are two lifelong friends who are deep in debt and enlist the help of their friends to make a porno movie for some quick cash. But as everybody starts "doing" everybody, Zack and Miri realize that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought. Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, Jeff Anderson and Jason Mewes co-star.

Source: The Associated Press

I'm glad Kevin Smith stuck to his guns and fought for what he believed was a bullshit rating from the idiots who come up with the rating system. I really believe it needs to be abolished because the way they rate films are beyond ridiculous.

P.S. Glad to see Traci Lords going back to her roots, even if it's a legitimate porno with simulated sex.