Danny Boyle’s surprise hit of the year “Slumdog Millionaire,” was pegged to corner the “Little Miss Sunshine”/”Juno” feel-good indie market this fall. Unfortunately it has been blind-sided by the MPAA which recently gave the film an R rating, which will most likely shut it out of the success that “Juno” enjoyed and potentially jeopardize its Oscar contention. The soccer-mom oriented MPAA must have been turned off by the gross non-white characters that dominated the film, and thought a movie set in the slums of India would just to be catastrophic if witnessed by the teens of America. ‘Slumdog’ has its tough moments, but is certainly in no way deserving of an R-Rating and a PG-13 at worst. It’s practically a family, feel-good film! (but done by Boyle, it’s still aces, and probably the most exhilarating film we saw the Toronto Film Festival).
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Gets An R Rating, There Goes The All-Inclusive Feel-Good Vibe And Possible Oscar Nod?
The company producing the film, Fox Searchlight, is apparently not going to go through the appeals process to challenge the rating since it wants to meet the November 12th release date. We hope this rating doesn’t sink the already slim chances the film had of connecting with a mainstream audience, because the film certainly has an uphill battle in its near future and it’s deserving of so much more.
