USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting)

Day in October, A

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Day in October, A -- A single Jewish family (Tovah Feldshuh, Daniel Benzali and Kelly Wolf) serves as the dramatic focus in this tribute to the people of Denmark who helped the vast majority of their Jewish fellow citizens escape to neutral Sweden in October 1943, a day before the Germans ordered the arrest of every Jew in Denmark. Director Kenneth Madsen's well-intentioned dramatization bogs down in a lethargic, cliche-ridden script about a wounded Danish resistance fighter (D.B. Sweeney) who is helped by the Jewish family and who in turn helps them. Extraordinary heroism in the context of wartime violence and a muted romantic scene. (A-II) (PG-13) ( 1992 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

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.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.