| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 138 |
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| Video Release: | 08 Jun 2010 |
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Mental illness is explored in the films K-PAX, A Beautiful Mind, The Forgotten and The Aviator (which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio). Director Alfred Hitchcock used isolation to build suspense in his movie Lifeboat.
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Shutter Island is releasing on DVD and Blu-ray June 8, 2010.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
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.
