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Contains one use of strong language
Oct. 26th, 2007 05:02 pmHave you noticed how many films rated 12A manage it because they have “one use of strong language”?
The sad thing is that this is not because they have, in many cases, a good artistic reason for this (as is presumably the case for Michael Moore's latest, Sicko, which restarted this whole train of thought, but because the marketing people think that people are more likely to go to see the film if it has a 12A certificate than if it has a PG.
So, cynically, somebody says “fuck” once which automatically pumps the film up a notch.
Sad, isn't it?
The sad thing is that this is not because they have, in many cases, a good artistic reason for this (as is presumably the case for Michael Moore's latest, Sicko, which restarted this whole train of thought, but because the marketing people think that people are more likely to go to see the film if it has a 12A certificate than if it has a PG.
So, cynically, somebody says “fuck” once which automatically pumps the film up a notch.
Sad, isn't it?
