MPAA Rating
The film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, which means that children under the age 17 were not admitted to see the film theatrically unless under supervision. Film critic Roger Ebert chastised the MPAA for this move as "banning teenagers from those films they most need to see." Ebert has criticized the MPAA rating system on past occasions. The film was noted for "some violent images and language."
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