Michael Moore rejects MPAA's 'R' rating for latest doc

Filmmaker Michael Moore is taking on the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) after the organisation gave his upcoming documentary, Where To Invade Next, an R rating. The director's latest documentary, Where to Invade Next, recently earned an "R" rating and Moore is not happy.

Moore's first film in six years was given an R rating for "for language, a few violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity", according to a release from Moore's reps.

Where to Invade Next is described as a comedy that tracks the director "invading" other countries to gather ideas and inspiration for how the US could improve.

In the past Moore has also appealed the R rating for his film Fahrenheit 9/11, but said he doesn't take the MPPA's decision personally. The language stems from the use of "f-k" by Icelandic citizens protesting the 2009 collapse of their banks.

"You see a total of two seconds of naked Germans going into a Jacuzzi", said Moore.

Garner's death set off a wave of protests against police brutality in the country, and Moore argued that the footage is nothing the teenagers hadn't already seen on the evening news.

"That's what the MPAA doesn't want teenagers 2 see w/o parental supervision", Moore tweeted. 'And you know how to get in'.

It is being distributed stateside by a new venture from TWC-Radius Founders and Co-Presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego and Alamo Drafthouse Founder and CEO Tim League. I wish the MPAA would just be honest and stick a label on my movies saying: 'This movie contains unsafe ideas that the 99 percent may find upsetting and lead them to revolt. "It's the subject matter that makes them nervous".

Critics of the MPAA note that it seems to have a higher tolerance for violence than sex, and accuse it of being arbitrary in its decision-making.

"The "drug use" in WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is me showing how Portugal ended their "war on drugs". "We don't believe in censorship in this country".

"I see PG-13 movies where literally hundreds of characters are mowed down with guns or bombs", he added. Moore is featured front-and-center in the film, touring a variety of mostly European nations to hold them up as inspirational examples for the US.

Moore encouraged those not yet of age to flaunt the rating, which would prevent those younger than 17 from seeing the film without a parent or guardian.

"What is the real reason I keep getting all these "R" ratings".