Dumb and Dumber To Pre-order - 20th April 2015

[Rixx]

Pre-orders are up on Amazon and Zavvi. Release date 20th April 2015

Dumb and Dumber To - Blu-ray

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dumber-Blu-ray-Carrey-Daniels-Kathleen/dp/B00LY1YMBW/
http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/dumb-du.../11048263.html

[McCrutchy]

I might have to get this for the (ridiculous) '15' certificate it will carry, since it makes the film look far naughtier than it really is. I mean, the scene

[Show spoiler]digging around in the old woman

is a bit naughty, but I don't think it's '15' strong, and neither is the

[Show spoiler]peanut butter on testicles

reference, both of which appear to be the main justifications for upping the cert to '15'. Certainly one of the more bewildering BBFC classifications of the past several years (in my opinion), and I think the film works better as a strong '12A' rather than a very weak '15'.

Unless of course, this is a different version to the US PG-13 version, but that doesn't seem to be the case...

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

I might have to get this for the (ridiculous) '15' certificate it will carry, since it makes the film look far naughtier than it really is. I mean, the scene

[Show spoiler]digging around in the old woman

is a bit naughty, but I don't think it's '15' strong, and neither is the

[Show spoiler]peanut butter on testicles

reference, both of which appear to be the main justifications for upping the cert to '15'. Certainly one of the more bewildering BBFC classifications of the past several years (in my opinion), and I think the film works better as a strong '12A' rather than a very weak '15'.

Unless of course, this is a different version to the US PG-13 version, but that doesn't seem to be the case...

The strength of the references isn't neccesarily the issue, the contents of the film if separated out might be suitable for a 12, but if put together the frequency can push it up to a 15, or the context in which they are presented can be problematic.

For example, the Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno by the BBFC's own admission contains nothing that couldn't be passed at a 15, but the sheer frequency and context of sex references in question meant it couldn't be passed at a 15. Another example of this would be Easy A, which contains 12 level sex references, but they're so frequent it got pushed up to a 15. Episodes of Girls (s1e2 Vagina Panic) and New Girl (s1e8 Bad in Bed, s1e14 Bully, s2e23 Virgins) have also been pushed up because of frequency and context.

The MPAA don't really take into account frequency and context (except on the f word for some reason), so it's less of an issue in the US...

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Buzz201

The strength of the references isn't neccesarily the issue, the contents of the film if separated out might be suitable for a 12, but if put together the frequency can push it up to a 15, or the context in which they are presented can be problematic. For example, the Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno by the BBFC's own admission contains nothing that couldn't be passed at a 15, but the sheer frequency and context of the content in question meant it couldn't be passed at a 15. Another example of this would be Easy A, which contains 12 level sex references, but they're so frequent it got pushed up to a 15. Episodes of Girls and New Girl have also been pushed up because of frequency and content/

These are two isolated moments mentioned in the film, and are not repeated. Crucially, both are played far more for laughs than for any sexual content, and it's easy to see that, because the US rated it PG-13 right out of the gate, unlike Easy A, which was censored for PG-13. If the sex references in the film bore more than a hint of actual sexuality, then they would have had to be trimmed for the PG-13 rating, and many comedies are subject to this very demand by the MPAA.

Make no mistake, it's a hard 12A, but I really think, in the context of a the characters being morons, the edgier moments are less offensive than if they involved the "non-dumb" characters.

[Dickieduvet]

My copy just arrived from Amazon, slipless for those interested.

I know it was panned but I liked it