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Gigi

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

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Gigi -- Soured Lerner-and-Loewe musical from the Colette story about a 1890's Parisian adolescent (Leslie Caron) who balks at her family's efforts to train her as a courtesan until she meets a charming young man (Louis Jourdan). Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the plush production makes good use of French locales and has a splendid cast but its theme, as enunciated in Maurice Chevalier's smirking rendition of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," has lost the sense of sophisticated charm that was once considered amusing. Considerable sexual innuendo. (A-III) (br) ( 1958 )

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.