R-rated

For an hour, though, it has the pop and pull of a midcentury soap opera that benefits from R-rated frankness.

The R-rated film starring Michael B. Jordan delighted critics and audiences who rewarded it with an “A” ranking on CinemaScore.

He later found work as a voice actor on such children’s shows as “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour” and “The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show,” performed in dinner theater in Chicago and appeared in some R-rated films including “The Teacher.”

“And it is not afraid to lean into R-rated content and show our people as truly multifaceted.”

Others, like me, came to Bridget when they were far too young to be watching randy, R-rated romances, and have found themselves caught up in the same woes through the years.