Some material may not be suitable for children.Īppreciative but poorly handled biography of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata (Juliet Stevenson) focuses on her decision to leave the cloistered teaching order (led locally by Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal) in which she began religious life and dedicate herself instead to the work of serving the most afflicted of her adopted city’s slum dwellers.Īs narrated through a retrospective conversation between the famed nun’s spiritual director (Max von Sydow) and the church official (Rutger Hauer) charged with investigating her life with a view to her possible canonization, the facts surrounding her courageous ministry - and the tenacious spiritual struggle that resulted from her decades-long sense of God’s complete absence - are alternately spoon-fed to the audience through dialogue and dramatized in a way that fails to spark interest.
The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Much stylized seafaring violence with brief gore, mature themes, including cannibalism and suicide, a fleeting bawdy image, about a half-dozen uses of profanity, a single crude and several crass terms. And a light touch is maintained in its incidental treatment of religious and environmental topics.ĭespite some grim plot developments, this adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick’s history text, published in 2000, will make fit and even valuable fare for most mature adolescents.
While it falls short of its own sublime ambitions, Howard’s film is visually striking and generally absorbing as it weaves its tale of hubris and greed, deprivation and determination.
The real-life events that helped inspire Herman Melville’s classic 1851 novel “Moby-Dick” become the basis for a polished and exciting adventure directed by Ron Howard.Īs the novelist (Ben Whishaw) interviews the last survivor (Brendan Gleeson) of an ill-fated 1820 whaling expedition out of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the old salt (played in youth by Tom Holland) reluctantly reveals the tragic consequences that resulted from the rivalry between his vessel’s aristocratic but inexperienced captain (Benjamin Walker) and its veteran first mate (Chris Hemsworth), a feud which led to the ship’s disastrous encounter with a leviathan of vast proportions and unusual ferocity. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III - adults.
#Committed 2000 parental guidance movie#
The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting.įor full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit the CNS movie site here.
1, 2015.ĬAPTION: Juliet Stevenson, center, stars in a scene from the movie “The Letters.” The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. Some material may not be suitable for children.(CNS photo/MPRM Communications) See MOVIE-REVIEW-LETTERS Dec. Juliet Stevenson, center, stars in a scene from the movie "The Letters." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II - adults and adolescents.
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