The Year One has been handed the dreaded demographic limiting R-Rating, and while Apatow and Ramis fought to have the rating reduced, the Ratings Board is firm on their call.
The film’s producer Judd Apatow and its director, co-writer and producer Harold Ramis appeared before the board to argue for a more lenient rating. Black and Cera play barely-out-of-the-cave men who travel through the ancient world.
But the appeals board still opted for the R rating, which requires that moviegoers younger than 17 be accompanied by an adult, because of “some sexual content and language.”
Harold Ramis and Judd Apatow have their pull in Hollywood, but it doesn’t seem to sway the ratings board.
Likely in a film like this, they already know Apatow’s brand of humour going in, so its not like they were surprised by every f-bomb or suggestive sheep raping.
Being an Apatow film, are they really that surprised? The Year One does seem like a lighter comedy that may do just as well without some of that cussing and sex references, but there is no word as to whether they will shave some of the offending material out (doutful they would want to start the review process with the movie coming out in about 2 months) of the film or just accept their fate and slap that R on it.
