Jersey Boys movie gets a rating...

[Keiichi2]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 10:30pm

According to Box Office Mojo, the Jersey Boys movie has received an R-rating for "language throughout".

http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=mpaa&p=.htm

It's been a long time since I saw the show, so I don't remember how bad the language was in it. I was expecting a PG-13.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 10:38pm

Seriously? An R? Unless there's been a good deal of change of the language in the script, this is an absurd rating.

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 10:43pm

I haven't been to the show a while, but isn't it loaded with F-bombs? As soon as you say it twice, it's an R rated movie.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 10:58pm

Yeah, there are a ton of F-bombs. The R doesn't surprise me at all.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:05pm

While the rating doesn't surprise me, the MPAA seriously sickens me. An R rating for only language is ridiculous.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:08pm

Well a PG-13 film can have one non sexual use of the "F" word. Anymore than that and it's an "R". It's not surprising at all that's what the film got and I'm sure it won't hurt it in the slightest.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:22pm

So, it has a rating but not even a teaser trailer.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:22pm

The trailer is rumored to be online Friday.

[felipenor]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:25pm

The studio could've easily changed the language to make it PG-13, so the fact that it got an R probably shows the studio believes this rating won't hurt the film.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 1:18am

The surprise to me isn't that this got an R (the rules, as explained above, are crystal-clear and JERSEY BOYS surely must have more than the automatic R requires.) The surprise to me is that we the public still continuously empower such a backwards rating system that permits effusive violence and sexual innuendo but places strict limits on language, among other criticisms of the MPAA.

[haterobics]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 2:58am

"The studio could've easily changed the language to make it PG-13, so the fact that it got an R probably shows the studio believes this rating won't hurt the film."

Or, they are just ignoring/disregarding the crushed dreams of all the teenagers trying to learn about the origin story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons without a guardian...

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 6:19am

You can stab someone to death with much of it shown on screen and still get a PG-13.

But cussin'? That's an R.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 7:04am

I'm cracking up. Rated R for the F bombs?! For heck's sake, an average teenager says the F word more than the musical does.

Updated On: 4/16/14 at 07:04 AM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 7:07am

It's only an assumption that the 'R' rating was given solely for the use of the 'F' word. Anyway, it is what it is. "JERSEY BOYS" isn't exactly Disney material. I don't think the rating matters either way in making or breaking the film.

[Keiichi2]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 8:08am

"You can stab someone to death with much of it shown on screen and still get a PG-13.

But cussin'? That's an R."

There's an old joke in Hollywood...

If your movie features a scene with a man kissing a woman on the breast, your movie will get an NC-17.

If your movie features a scene with a man blasting a woman's breasts off with a shotgun, your movie will get an R.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 9:30am

Tangentially related: the South African/Asian tour is currently in Kuala Lumpur, and they cleaned up the language. (I didn't think that would ever happen.)

http://jerseyboysblog.com/jersey-boys-heads-to-malaysia-without-profanities/8271

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 9:45am

You do realize that with an R rating, it suddenly becomes 'hip', right? (The rating might work in its favor with certain audiences.) Musicals are often viewed as 'squeaky clean' and having one rated R may tap into a different audience.

For what it's worth, there is subject matter (SPOILER ALERT): The death of Frankie's daughter and his treatment of his wife, that are not exactly PG material.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 9:51am

Which is interesting because it's not listed on the MPAA site. Neither is the method of Bob Gaudio's deflowering!