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R-rated Articles

Film critics typically rate films more, well, critically than general audiences do. Occasionally, however, a film is lauded by the professionals but seems to fall flat with the majority of viewers....
Movies rated R under the system devised by the Motion Picture Association of America have a lot of leeway to show explicit sexual activity, and are almost unfettered in their depiction of violence....
The modern voluntary (but almost always observed) movie rating system was created by the Motion Picture Association, representing the major film studios, in 1968. Films were initially tagged G, M, R,...