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Music Lovers, The

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

Music Lovers, The -- British production about the tormented life of 19th-century Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) places too much stress on trying to link his music to his sexual disorientation and unconsummated marriage to a woman (Glenda Jackson) who, in a grisly set of sequences, goes quite mad. Directed by Ken Russell with characteristic visual extravagance and narrative weaknesses, the movie's Freudian approach is questionable but its interplay with realism and surrealism, objectivity and subjectivity, succeeds to a surprising degree. Mature themes and some nudity. (A-IV) (R) ( 1971 )

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.