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Winslow Boy, The

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Winslow Boy, The -- Eloquent adaptation of Terence(R) attigan's stage play in which a father (Nigel Hawthorne) in 1910 London believes the naval academy has wrongly expelled his 14-year-old son for stealing a five-shilling postal order and at great cost, especially to his daughter (Rebecca Pidgeon), engages a prominent lawyer (Jeremy Northam) to prove the lad's innocence. Writer-director David Mamet unfolds the story through elegant dialogue and a marvelous cast of characters, honing and sharpening but not changing Rattigan's period piece about British justice upholding the rights of a citizen against the power of the state. Heavy sledding for pre-schoolers.(A-I) (G) ( 1999 )

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.