Family video review of the week
Fear Strikes Out
Fact-based story of Boston Red Sox baseball player Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) whose father (Karl Malden) raises him to be a star outfielder, but the pressure of making good brings on a nervous breakdown requiring psychiatric treatment before he's able to return to the club. Directed by Robert Mulligan, the movie presents a realistic picture of a youth trying to measure up to the high expectations of a well-meaning but ambitious father, with convincing performances from both Malden and Perkins. Brief but intense scenes of emotional instability. A-I -- general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. 1957
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Movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting according to artistic
merit and moral suitability. The reviews include the USCCB 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;
- A-IV**
- L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
- O -- morally offensive.
** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.