November 20, 2005

How morally acceptable is that film?

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops publishes movie reviews, rating films on this scale:

  • A-I -- general patronage;
  • A-II -- adults and adolescents;
  • A-III -- adults;
  • L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
  • A-IV -- adults, with reservations (an A-IV classification designates problematic films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, require caution and some analysis and explanation as a safeguard against wrong interpretations and false conclusions);
  • O -- morally offensive.
I am interested by the notion of films requiring analysis and explanation as a safeguard against wrong interpretations and false conclusions.
They gave Serenity an A-III.

Posted by Craig at November 20, 2005 09:55 PM