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Tough

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Tough -- Pre-teen (Dion Gosset) has problems with his parents, teachers and, finally, the police. Nothing unusual about this picture of the generation gap except that the family are middle-class blacks living in the suburbs and suffering the same problems as many of their white neighbors. Written, produced, and directed by Horace Jackson, regrettably the characterizations and plot situations are too thinly drawn for either credibility or insight, and the principals rarely rise above stereotypes. (A-I) (G) ( 1974 )

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.