Viewers Agree: Red, White & Royal Blue Didn't Deserve to Be Rated R

Loving how people are learning that gay men can do missionary. How on earth do people think we were spitting in each other's mouths before!?

— confirmed cigarette (@philford) August 14, 2023

Probably the closest the movie comes to earning its R rating (other than multiple usages of the word “f*ck” that were added in after it got the rating according to the director), is the scene where the two first have sex.

While nothing explicit is shown, we can see Prince Henry lay on his back, raise his knees, and position himself to be topped by Alex. While it’s not necessarily R-rating material, it has proven educational for straight people who didn’t know that gay people can have missionary sex.

Someone at the MPAA please explain why RWRB was rated R because I've seen much worse in cishet PG-13 films *stares in queer judgment*

— Heather 🌷☕️🦋 | Wreck My Life smau (@Blooming_Aloe) August 13, 2023

Now, many viewers are calling out the rating that the film got, pointing out that straight romances commonly have much more sex in them.

can we please talk ab how that didn’t really deserve an R rating and that if it was a heterosexual romcom it would not have been rated R? #RWRBMovie

— emma 🍂 RWRB DAY!!! (@wilhelmsmile) August 11, 2023

wait actually americans talking about how rwrb is rated r is so fucking funny to me cos like that shit is rated 12 in the uk - y’all are just so pathetic 😂😂

— ✨lottie✨ (@feeIin_peachyy) August 12, 2023

British viewers are pointing out that while the film got an R rating in the US, it only got an A 12 rating in the UK, equivelant to the US's PG-13.

rwrb was rated R bc of homophobia and that would be so upsetting if it was good or even like okay but unfortunately no

— Eliana (Original Broadway Cast) (@eperetz11) August 11, 2023

Still, while some viewers disagree with the movie's rating, they also decided to be a little shady.

Red, White and Royal Blue is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.