| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 101 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 11 Aug 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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17 Again is rated PG-13: for language, some sexual material and teen partying.
Cast: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann
Studio: 2009 New Line Cinema
Website: Official site for 17 Again.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
