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The film follows documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney as he examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church system through the story of four deaf men—Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn and Arthur Budzinski—who set out to expose the priest who abused them during the mid-1960s at St. John's School for the Deaf.
Under each of these names, it rated films according to their suitability for viewing, assigning a code of A, B, or C, with that of C identified as "Condemned" for viewing by Catholics. The C rating was issued from 1933 until 1978. The Legion's ratings were applied to movies made in the United States as well as those imported from other countries.
The 45 movies are divided equally into three categories—religion, values, and art—with no order of importance placed on the films. The council was careful not to regard the films on the list as the "best", or most important, saying: "not all that deserve mention are included".
With the Catholic Church, there's always this sense that if you're silent, you're complicit." Cillian Murphy confers with director Tim Mielants on the set of "Small Things Like These."
The film has experienced a generally positive reception, with 89% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes responding with positive reviews in the T-metric section. [2] United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting listed Into Great Silence as one of the best ten films of 2007. [3]
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide Box Office religion Year References 1 The Passion of the Christ: Icon Productions: $622.3 million Christian 2004
Mary received mixed to negative reviews from Catholic media outlets, largely due to differences between the film's content and Catholic teachings. Amy Welborn of Angelus commented that the film's source material seemed to be "a highly selective mashup of the Gospels, the noncanonical "Protoevangelium of James", [...] and a Joel Osteen sermon ...
Pages in category "Films critical of the Catholic Church" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.