After many celebrities showed their support and regular folk signed a petition to get the rating for Bully overturned, the MPAA have finally granted the documentary a PG-13 rating.
The documentary, which had been given an R by The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) due to multiple uses of the "F" word was edited in order to receive the revised rating.
The Weinstein Company, which has been distributing the film, fought the MPAA’s ruling because they felt the anti-bullying documentary should be shown in schools across the U.S. because it would create dialogue amongst school kids. The MPAA finally settled on an Unrated rating, but when the film company finally caved and removed a few of the "F" words, the rating was finally given a PG-13. I don't understand all the controversy surrounding kids cursing. I think kids have said and heard far worse than the word "fuck" in school, so who does the MPAA think they are protecting?
Personally I think the ratings system is broken and outdated, because there are quite a few PG-13 movies that I have seen (a few action films like Batman Returns, Taken, Transformers) that are far more offensive in their content than a movie like Bully.
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