‘The Hobbit’, the Coens’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ and Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ in Today’s Batch of MPAA Ratings

By Brad Brevet

The MPAA took a week off to celebrate Thanksgiving, but they have returned with a load of new ratings, and two in particular worthy of noting.

First for the one we knew was coming, which is the PG-13 for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I saw it earlier today and the rating for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence and frightening images seems about appropriate. That is, unless they wanted to mention a be-heading or two and troll snot, but whatever.

The two I am more specifically interested in first begins with the R-rating for Joel and Ethan Coen‘s Inside Llewyn Davis, which is still without a distributor, but can at least now claim an R-rating for language including some sexual references. Maybe this one will end up on sale at Cannes in 2013 seeing how we already know it won’t be showing up at Sundance.

And then, remember Trance? The film Danny Boyle got to working on with Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel and James McAvoy before the Olympics? Well, it’s edited, turned in and ready for the big screen with an R-rating for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images, and language. Fox is looking at a potential March 2013 release, but that is not yet official.

Otherwise I have the rating for Derek Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond The Pines (read my Toronto review here), Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s The Last Stand, Paul Weitz‘s Admission with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, Beautiful Creatures and Rob Zombie‘s The Lords of Salem. Hopefully that’s enough, but if not a reissue of It’s a Wonderful Life also made this week’s list.

You can click on any of the titles mentioned above for more information, otherwise, here are the latest MPAA ratings from Bulletin #2251.

Admission
Rated PG-13 For language and some sexual material.
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Assassins Run
Rated R For violence, brief nudity and a sexual reference.
Beautiful Creatures
Rated PG-13 For violence, scary images and some sexual material.
Release Date: February 13, 2013
The Brass Teapot
Rated R For violence, some sexual content, language and drug use.
The Coalition
Rated R For language and some sexual content.
Evocateur
Rated R For language and some nudity.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rated PG-13 For extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images.
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Honor Flight
Rated PG For emotional thematic elements, some war-related disturbing images, brief smoking and mild language.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Rated R For language including some sexual references.
Release Date: TBA 2013
Into The White
Rated R For language.
It’s A Disaster
Rated R For language including sexual references, and some drug content.
It’s A Wonderful Life
Rated PG For thematic elements, smoking and some violence.
NOTE: Reissue
The Kick
Rated PG-13 For martial arts violence throughout.
Kings Of Appletown
Rated PG For violence, thematic elements and language.
Kiss Of The Damned
Rated R For bloody violence, strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use.
The Last Stand
Rated R For strong bloody violence throughout, and language.
Release Date: January 18, 2013
The Lords Of Salem
Rated R For disturbing violent and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug use.
Release Date: TBA 2013
Miss Dial
Rated R For some sexual references.
Phantom
Rated R For violence.
NOTE: INTENDS TO APPEAL TO THE C.A.R.A. APPEALS BOARD.
The Place Beyond The Pines
Rated R For language throughout, some violence, teen drug and alcohol use, and a sexual reference.
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Renoir
Rated R For sequences of art-related nudity and brief language.
Return To The Hiding Place
Rated PG-13 For violence and disturbing thematic material.
Shadow People
Rated PG-13 For thematic material, scary moments, brief language, partial nudity and smoking.
Silver Circle
Rated PG-13 For violence, brief language, drug use and sensuality.
Trance
Rated R For sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images, and language.
Release Date: TBA 2013
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