In response to an application from the Minister for Home Affairs (at whose request I wonder), the Classification Review Board has changed the consumer advice for Charlie Wilson’s War from ‘Moderate coarse language and drug references, Violence’ to ‘Moderate coarse language, drug references and violence; partial nudity’. It remains classified M.
Classification Review Board Acting Convenor, Trevor Griffin, says:
In the Classification Review Board’s opinion Charlie Wilson’s War warrants this change in consumer advice because an initial hot tub scene, which sets the tone of the movie and contributes to the M rating of the film, depicts some partial nudity. In addition, the Review Board considered that the consumer advice should raise the description of violence to ‘moderate’ level.
I’m surprised the ACB didn’t hand it a partial nudity label to begin with. I expect the nudity was not only partial, but also brief (there was lots of bubbles, right?). I’ll happily rewatch — great film.



6 comments
Tim says:
Feb 3, 2009
I remember a PG Disney film called “The Invisible Kid” which had frontal breast nudity. They’d be shot for that today.
Mike Zombie says:
Feb 3, 2009
I really wonder sometimes why tax payer money is wasted on such petty, insignificant matters like this. It costs us money every time the review board has to meet to review a classification and this time for what? So they can add a stupid ‘partial nudity’ label to the films classification? Give me a break.
Kyle says:
Feb 4, 2009
@Tim, so true…
There should be more consistency to the classification system, I know things change over many years, but c’mon.
Does the Minister for Home Affairs often make these applications? can anyone? It does seem a bit odd overall.
hehe, I was thinking that he was watching it and was outraged by what he saw. He probably was outraged by the ‘partial nudity’ without being warned.
Seems silly that people bother with these little issues.
ed says:
Oct 3, 2011
there should not be any kind of nudity in a movie. it’s not needed for a movie to be good.
Meg says:
Feb 4, 2009
Never seen this movie but I reckon it’s proberly a butt shot for like a few seconds. As if people would be offended by that. The OFLC is getting waaay too petty when it comes to classifying stuff nowdays.
anon says:
May 22, 2009
it was a shot of two girls getting out of a hot tub and their breasts were “exposed” but then it changed scene before they got all the way out…