Following up on an earlier threat, the Weinstein Co. has decided to release Lee Hirsch’s documentary Bully unrated instead of going out with an R.
The dust-up over the film’s rating has galvanized politicians,
Hollywood celebrities, educators and kids across the country. The film
about the bullying epidemic in America’s schools received an R rating
for numerous uses of the word “fuck.”
Harvey Weinstein and Hirsh lost their appeal to
overturn the rating by one vote during at a recent hearing of the
Classification and Ratings Administration, which has set guidelines
about language (violence and sex are more subjective).
