The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says it will take into account on-display smoking in its film ratings system.
All that can not be stated of Fandango, a NBCUniversal subsidiary that uses a 5-star rating system wherein almost no movie will get fewer than three stars, in response to a FiveThirtyEight evaluation. What’s extra, as I’m scripting this, scores on are skewed even increased because of the weird approach Fandango aggregates its customers’ critiques. And while different sites that collect user critiques are often tangentially related to the media trade, Fandango has an instantaneous interest in your want to see a film: The firm sells tickets on to consumers.
The class of ‘Violence’ is one which at all times sparks controversy within the United States, and a standard criticism is that the rankings are skewed closely toward the opposite areas but do not punish films for holding high ranges …
NEW YORK The Parents Television Council called for an overhaul of the U.S. scores system used in tv and films on Wednesday, saying it does not precisely and persistently reflect violence within the media.