No, I have not seen it yet, but there is a lot of hype surrounding this movie and I find myself almost outraged about it. It has gotten an R rating because of a scene where some children are using the F word excessively. I just dont understand it because the ratings of so many movies in the past that I feel are way worse than this documentary, which by definition is meant to show factual events, have gotten a mere pg 13 rating. You want examples? I am happy to oblige with movies that I personally have seen:
1. Sucker Punch "pg 13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language"
2. Abduction "PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, brief language, some sexual content and teen partying"
3. Limitless "pg 13 for thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality and language"
because you know I would rather my teen see a movie about violence, drug use, teen partying, and sexual scenes than to learn about bullying...note the sarcasm. And these are just a few examples that I can think of off the top of my head.
I'm sorry but in my mind anything meant to teach my kids to not be bullies and to stand up and don't let themselves or others be bullied around them is something worth letting them see even if there are a couple of curse words in it which I'm sure by the time they're 14 or 15 they have probably already heard from their friends or other places as I know I heard it by that age from friends, neighbors, and even random people in stores even though cursing was not allowed in my parents house. My children are not yet old enough to understand this as both are not even at preschool age yet, but when they do get to the point where I think they will understand it I want them to watch it and to understand how bullying affects EVERYONE. I will list a few links in the comments that you can go to in order to read more about this.
Another blog about this:
ReplyDeletehttp://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/0312201bully-should-not-be-rated-r/
A website showing other movies that should be rated R:
http://www.imdb.com/list/e_qdtxOTQHo/
The preview of Bully on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRCM5bRXl-k&feature=player_embedded