MPAA

July 1 marks an important anniversary in the history of movies: The day the Motion Picture Association of America introduced the PG-13 rating. Prior to the PG-13, there was no rating for films that fell in the gray area between PG (movies where parental guidance was merely suggested) and R (movies that required adult supervision for admittance to the theater).

After controversy and criticism, the Motion Picture Association of America has upheld its ratings system, justifying it by saying parents like it.

For the past few weeks there has been a battle brewing between the Weinstein Company and MPAA over the rating for the documentary "Bully", with the MPAA refusing to back down from its "R" rating due to "brief use of explicit language."  Now, the Weinstein Company has come up with a way around the rating.