Video: Weinstein Co. documentary Bully to be released without rating The Weinstein Co. has decided to release its documentary Bully without a US film rating after failing, by one vote, to persuade the Motion Picture Association of America to change to one that is less restrictive. Speaking at the red carpet premiere in Los Angeles, Director Lee Hirsch said he still hoped the MPAA would change its mind: "This rating was really a battle for us, we didn't want to accept it," Hirsch said. Half a million people told us to fight it, we fought it. We're not going to take that; we're going to go out unrated. Thanks to Harvey Weinstein, thanks to AMC, thanks to lots of folks who are saying we've seen this film, we've made our own assessment, we're going to support it, we're going to show it, and I still have hope that the MPAA will reverse this decision. Anything's possible. Bully, set for release in the US on March 30, has drawn controversy over the MPAA's "R" rating that means people under age 17 must be accompanied by an adult to see it. The group gave it the rating due to strong language used by kids in the film. Releasing Bully unrated means anyone will be admitted where it is screened, but in the past many major cinema chains have spurned films without an MPAA rating. Tina Long, a mother from Georgia whose son Tyler Long hanged himself in 2009 at age 17 after years of being bullied, said the film will still "open a lot of eyes." "It's going to help create a climate and an atmosphere in our schools where maybe it's going to be cool for students to stand up for kids that are being bullied, and that's what we need to do," Long said.