Title: “MGWCC #910 — “Scary Movie”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a descriptor for some scary films.
Answer: R-RATED, found by 347 solvers, 312 of which were solo solves

Grandmaster-level solver, and not too shabby as a constructor, either! Jeffrey Harris knocked this Week 1 out of the park with some brief movie reviews of the same movie, two that liked it and two that didn’t:

19-A: [Bad: “I only saw this movie ___, and that was quite enough for me”] = ONCE IN THEATERS

24-A: [Good: “I love the stylish way Soderbergh films our heroes as they ___”] = ENTER THE CASINO

42-A: [Bad: “Clooney and Pitt? Ugh! If it were my movie, I’d’ve ___”] = CAST NEITHER ONE

48-A: [Good: “Of all the movies that ___, this is probably my favorite!”] = CENTER ON A HEIST]

Which movie do these four quotes point to? 2007’s “Ocean’s Thirteen,” found by 367 solvers, of which 333 were solo solves. Each theme entry is an anagram of OCEAN’S THIRTEEN; quite remarkable that Jeffrey found so many smooth-sounding anagrams, especially using such specific words as HEIST, CASINO, and THEATERS. Bravo!

Meta – World Peace says:

This is a blockbuster set of anagrams!

Burak writes:

Pretty creative Week 1 meta! Nice change of pace, I liked it.

mkmf agrees:

This is one of the most amazing anagramming collections I’ve seen. I’d love to hear about how Jeffrey came up with it.

JayThePuzzler says:

Fun! Can’t believe that Enter The Casino and Centre On A Heist are BOTH anagrams of the title – incredible.

And finally, Golem wonders:

Why did they bother going to the trouble of breaking into the vault instead of just being satisfied taking THE NEAREST COIN?

This is why every Hollywood movie needs an anagrammer on-set at all times! Anyway, thanks again to Jeffrey for a high-level Week 1! On to Week 2…

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This puzzle’s contest answer is a 9-letter noun that I hope you’d apply to this crossword.

Good luck! And note that the contest deadline this week is Wednesday, November 19th, at noon ET.