In article puT1c.461993$I06.5242721@attbi_s01, Jay Honeck
wrote:

The movie is quite disturbing, IMHO. It takes a lot to make me ill, and I
can't remember the last movie I walked out of before the end -- but this
movie managed to get me to do both. Why it isn't rated NC-17, I have no
clue.

That's what this country has turned into. Unspeakable violence gets an
R-rating, but one flash of frontal nudity merits an immediate NC-17.
With all this talk about "desensitizing" kids to violence, which one
would you rather have then see as a teenager?


Here's a clip from the last paragraph of Roger Ebert's review of
/Passion/ :

==
Note: I said the film is the most violent I have ever seen. It will
probably be the most violent you have ever seen. This is not a
criticism but an observation; the film is unsuitable for younger
viewers, but works powerfully for those who can endure it. The MPAA's R
rating is definitive proof that the organization either will never give
the NC-17 rating for violence alone, or was intimidated by the subject
matter. If it had been anyone other than Jesus up on that cross, I have
a feeling that NC-17 would have been automatic.
==

Interesting.

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Garner R. Miller
ATP/CFII/MEI
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