Netflix’s upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde has been rated NC-17 by the MPAA.
At that time he described Blonde — which is based on the fictional novel about Monroe by Joyce Carol Oates and stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe — as “an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right?”
When you search for the film on their official film rating website, Blonde comes up listed as “Rated NC-17 for some sexual content.”
The NC-17 rating was created in 1990 by the Motion Picture Association of America as a less-stigmatized alternative to the X, which was the previous “Adults Only” rating for American movies.