'Shame' Gets NC-17 Rating From MPAA: Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen Film Restricted [Showbiz]

If you're excited to see director Steve McQueen's upcoming drama "Shame," you may be out of luck.

The critically acclaimed film, which stars Michael Fassbender as a spiraling sex addict and Carey Mulligan as his troubled sister visiting him in New York, has officially been given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. Filled with full frontal nudity, it wasn't much of a surprise that the film earned the rating, which limits the number of theaters in which it can be exhibited, as the nation's largest chain theaters do not show films that are limited to those 17 years of age and older...

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