One of the cinetrix's siblings passed along the following bagatelle from the Boston Globe review of, as he put it, "Ramboner":
At the bottom of the little stats panel was my favorite part.
"Rated: R (abundant acts of horrific, grotesque, and ultimately ludicrous violence)"
Ludicrous? The ratings people are now judging how ridiculous the violence is? Wow.
The cinetrix is pretty sure the reviewer, not the MPAA, was riffing on late, lamented NYT critic Elvis Mitchell's practice of editorializing in the advisory, but she's still feeling pretty vindicated about her decision to screen Kirby Dick's This Film Is Not Yet Rated for the kiddies this semester. An "R" for violence? How droll.
