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House Party

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House Party -- Grounded by his well-meaning dad (Robin Harris), a black, middle-class teenager (Christopher Reid) is determined to attend a pal's house party. Black director Reginald Hudlin plays up the comic obstacles that get in the way, including a gang of toughs and some buffoonish white cops. Though this growing-pains comedy has a clear anti-drug and alcohol message, it also implies that the kids are sexually active. Nonstop rough language with much sexually explicit dialogue and black rap, some bathroom humor and incidental cartoon violence. (A-IV) (R) ( 1990 )

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.