Looks like "Blue Valentine" might be the exception and not the rule.
On the heels of the relationship drama's successful appeal to reverse an NC-17 rating, the Motion Picture Association upheld the R rating received by the movie "Trust."
The MPAA rarely overturns ratings decision, but the "Trust" filmmakers had hoped to get a PG-13 rating so the movie could be screened for teens, in order to raise awareness about the dangers of online predators.
Directed by David Schwimmer ("Friends"), "Trust" centers on a 14-year-old girl’s encounter with a cyber predator and stars Clive Owen, Catherine Keener and Viola Davis.
The Classification and Rating Appeals Board said the received its R rating for “disturbing material involving the rape of a teen, language, sexual content and some violence.”
The appeal was brought by Millennium Entertainment, and the board heard statements on behalf of “Trust” from Avi Lerner, the film's executive producer, and George Gale, vice-president of post-production for Nu Image, the producer of the film.
The Classification and Rating Administration was represented by Chairman Joan Grave
The MPAA also denied similar ratings appeals earlier this year by "The Tillman Story" and "A Film Unfinished."
