USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting)

For the Boys

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

For the Boys -- Episodic melodrama about an earthy singer (Bette Midler) and a facile song-and-dance man (James Caan) who become a team entertaining the troops in World War II, then spend the next 50 years bickering on and off about their careers, families and personal relationship. Director Mark Rydell gets a standout performance from Midler as the gutsy entertainer at the center of events but the trivial show business story fails to gain any human or social significance by pegging it to milestones of the period. Several graphic sequences of battlefield violence, an adulterous liaison, some sexual innuendo and occasional rough language. (A-III) (R) ( 1991 )

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.