As odd as that decision might seem to Philomena fans, the organisation was simply following the ‘two strikes and you’re out’ rule it applies to swearing. It initially decreed that Philomena, like The Wolf of Wall Street, should be given an R rating, meaning that children under 17 would be unable to see it without an accompanying adult. As you may have guessed, the films are Philomena and The Wolf of Wall Street − and while they’re both Oscar nominees, and were both based on true stories, it doesn’t seem too difficult to tell one film from the other.Īmerica’s film classification board, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), might disagree. The other is a raucous cavalcade of drug-fuelled orgies, as enjoyed by a notoriously hedonistic fraudster.

Its dialogue includes two uses of the f-word. Far, far from Scorsese’s top tier.One is a quietly inspirational comedy-drama about a mild-mannered Irish pensioner tracking down her long-lost son. It’s very long, I couldn’t care less if/when any main character dies, it’s incessantly overdubbed with monologues that I don’t even think are that well written. It’s a far funnier movie than Casino, and the plot is more unique and intriguing IMO. Tommy is fascinating and dangerous because of the threat he poses to characters you like. You care about Henry however irritating and flawed he can be, you care about Jimmy and Paulie even if you’re not sure how far to trust them. Scorsese didn’t lay any groundwork in those movies to make me emotionally invest in the people that inhabit it, and the only real plot intrigue is just how much they’ll get away with. The stakes and excitement of both of these movies are intended to be tied to the danger these characters put themselves in- the consequences of their own actions- but there are no stakes if I just do not care what the hell happens next. That’s because both lack a single character that I give a shit about. Do you hold moviegoers to a standard of turning off their humanity for a robotically objective viewing, or expect them to pretend they don’t get bored in a movie? I’ll be the first to admit that I also think Casino (and Wolf of Wall Street) are two of Scorsese’s movies that were boring to me. If you’re gonna shake someone for not contributing value to the discussion, I think you should probably do it with a little more content than a flippant 10 word zinger.īoredom is a human experience.

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