hard R

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hard R (plural hard Rs)

  1. (US, film) a movie that is intentionally written to be R-rated ("Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to having multiple scenes of violence or nudity.
    • 1979 January 11, Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, “Sugar Cookies”, in Program archive[1]:
      Sugar Cookies would probably rate a 'hard-R' today, but six years ago it got an X, made a brief appearance on the 42nd Street porno circuit, and disappeared without a trace.
    • 1996 February 18, Trip Gabriel, “The Ratings Game At the Cineplex”, in The New York Times[2], page Section 2, Page 1:
      For a "soft R" like "Four Weddings and a Funeral," which features a smattering of profanity, a theater might check identifications only lightly. But it will turn tough for a "hard R" like Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers," one of the most violent movies of recent years.
    • 2003, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Marketing Violence to Children: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, September 13, 2000[3], page 51:
      I believe we'll hear later from the movie industry's lobbyist, Mr. Valenti, that not all "R"s are really "R"s. More specifically, and I quote from Mr. Valenti's written testimony: "Some R-rated are hard "R"s and some are soft "R"s."
    • 2018 July 28, Caitlin Lovinger, “Three in One; Will Nediger’s puzzle breaks it down for us, in a funny way.”, in DAILY CROSSWORD COLUMN[4], The New York Times:
      A HARD R rating would seem to be between “R” — which has meant restricted to adults, because of various elements — and “NC-17.”
  2. Alternative letter-case form of hard r.