Reader comments: Once
MARK RUBINFELD | Jun. 30, 2007
The R rating for this movie is completely misleading as
there is far less objectionable material in this film than
in most PG-13 rated movies. If you are uncomfortable with
hearing swear words in a film, than this film is not for
you. On the other hand, considering the age and vocation of
the film's two main characters (a pair of twenty-something
musicians living and working in Ireland), it would have
been unrealistic not to have included these swear words as
part of their everyday vocabulary. Either way, this is not
(or at least should not have been) an R rated movie.
Rather, it is a PG-13 movie that realistically includes
some crude language, along with one or two drug depictions
that were so minimal and tangential that I don't remember
seeing them. What I do remember seeing was an incredibly
sweet movie, with magical music, that reminded me (in ways
that I haven't been reminded of in a long time) just what a
wonderful experience it is to experience a wonderful movie.
If there is an obscenity to be found, it is in a "Ratings
Board" that would give this film an R rating, scaring so
many people away, while, at the same time, giving a film
like "Live Free or Die Hard" (what a "blast" it is to watch
all of those people get blown up) a PG-13 "pass".
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