Wow, this movie was really interesting. I never gave a whole lot of thought to the MPAA, the clandestine organization that is solely responsible for rating films in the U.S. This movie rips away some of the veil of secrecy and exposes just how arbitrary the ratings process is. Ever wonder why some movies are rated R while others, with seemingly more controversial content, are P-13? Well, the answer is that the ratings are decided by a small group of people, including two clergy members, with no clear-cut system for determining ratings. About the only thing you can count on is that sex is earns a more restrictive rating than violence.

What I found to be the most provocative part of the film is the discussion of actual terrible events that go on in the world. How do you "rate" reality? Are Iraq War photos an R image? An NC-17 image? PG? What? It's really going on — whose to say who is allowed to see it?

Here's what one reader over at the New York Times had to say about it:

When I was a teenager, the Catholic Church's Legion of Decency published a classification that determined whether or not a "true Catholic" could watch a particular movie. No one knew who rated these movies. No one knew what standards were used. All anyone really knew was that the Legion's decisions were final and mortal sins would be levied on those foolish enough to attend condemned films. Guess what? The Legion of Decency–isn't that a marvelous name for censorship?–has gone. But fear not. The Motion Pictures Association of Arts & Sciences–or some such name–has boldly held the Legion's banner high and it has supplanted the Catholic hierarchy as our current, secretive and punitive censors of current cinema. They decide for you and me whether a film rates an NC-17–which basically condemns it to never be released. Who are those that rate the worthiness of movies to be seen by today's public? No one knows. What standards are used? Diddo [sic]. How can films that have been given a failing grade–NC-17–correct their works? Not a chance. Go see "This Film is Not Yet Rated"…while you have the opportunity of doing so. We owe a debt of gratitude to those brave souls who produced it. And you owe it to yourself to see how the major studios are manipulating your movie viewing.

Really, go see it.