Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri wins R rating appeal

Finally, a porno you can go see with your parents.

Yes, Kevin Smith fought the law and the law took away his NC-17 rating. Smith's Zack and Miri Make A Porno was initially slapped with the controversial rating from the MPAA, a rating that all but guarantees a lack of commercial success for a film.

But Smith appealed the rating, briefly cut down two of the sex scenes the MPAA cited, and his appeal was granted, earning the film an R rating. Smith went through the same song-and-dance for 1994's Clerks to avoid the NC-17 and talked 2004's Jersey Girl down from an R to a PG-13. Apparently the man knows how to frame obscenities in more ways than one.

"They felt it was rather sexually graphic," Smith told the AP. "My point is, it was comically graphic. All the sex in the movie with the exception of one scene is very cartoonish, very campy. It wasn't designed to titillate."

Smith also pointed to the title as the first sign you may not be walking into The Parent Trap 2 or anything. "Anybody not inclined to see a movie with 'Porno' in the title is not going to see it, so it kind of regulates itself to a degree," Smith said. "And anybody who is going is not going to be surprised by what they see."

Related links:
Kevin Smith on IMDb
ZackAndMiri.com
My Boring Ass Life: Kevin Smith's Online Diary

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