CatholicFatherOf2

Movie Reviews and More!

There are many places to get movies reviews. You can find them in local papers and many web sites. They all seem to be from a secular point of view. I recently stumbled across another place, the Catholic News Service. They host movies reviews done by the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each movie review contains a brief summary and USCCB rating along with the MPAA rating. It may even have a comment about language or violence in the film. You can read more about the USCCB ratings here. I have even listed them below. While I find it helpful to go to sites like Rotten Tomatoes for quality ratings, I found the USCCB ratings to be more helpful than the MPAA ratings when trying to decide if I should allow my children to see the movie or not. The USCCB site has ratings on more than just movies. You may even want to check out the Catholic News Services or the USCCB sites if you have never seen them. I am sure some of the material will open your eyes.

USCCB classifications:

(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

* A-I — general patronage

* A-II — adults and adolescents

* A-III — adults

* A-IV — adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations)

* L — limited adult audiences, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling (replaced A-IV classification Nov. 1, 2003)

* O — morally offensive

posted by CatholicFatherOf2 @ 10:54 PM