According to the National Broadcasting Service, foul-mouthed Icelanders are partly to blame for Michael Moore‘s upcoming documentary, Where to Invade Next, getting an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA gave the film an R rating for „language, some violent images, drug use, and brief graphic nudity”. The director has rejected the rating and will appeal the decision.
The National Broadcasting Service reports that one of the reasons behind the MPAA‘s R rating is that in the film, Icelanders can be heard using the f-word during the Búsáhaldabylting uprising that took place following the economic crisis in 2008.
Where to Invade Next, set for release on the 23rd of December, sees Moore travelling to different countries, including Iceland, to compare how they handle subjects such as health care, education, and prison reform differently from the US.
According to Variety, this is not the first time the MPAA’s rates a film directed by Moore with an R. An R rating was given to Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, and Roger and Me.
According to the National Broadcasting Service, foul-mouthed Icelanders are partly to blame for Michael Moore‘s upcoming documentary, Where to Invade Next, getting an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA gave the film an R rating for „language, some violent images, drug use, and brief graphic nudity”. The director has rejected the rating and will appeal the decision.
The National Broadcasting Service reports that one of the reasons behind the MPAA‘s R rating is that in the film, Icelanders can be heard using the f-word during the Búsáhaldabylting uprising that took place following the economic crisis in 2008.
Where to Invade Next, set for release on the 23rd of December, sees Moore travelling to different countries, including Iceland, to compare how they handle subjects such as health care, education, and prison reform differently from the US.
According to Variety, this is not the first time the MPAA’s rates a film directed by Moore with an R. An R rating was given to Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, and Roger and Me.
