| Overall: | A- |
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| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B+ |
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| Video Release: | 06 Oct 2008 |
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The plight of illegal immigrants is also explored in the film In America. In the movie While You Were Sleeping, a young woman finds herself thrown into the intimate circle of a family of strangers when they accidentally assume she is engaged to one of their sons.
Home Video Extra Features
Invite this Visitor home on DVD. Along with a widescreen presentation of the film, the disc includes an audio commentary (with director Tom McCarthy and actor Richard Jenkins), deleted scenes and two featurettes (Playing the Djembe and The Visitor: An Inside Look). Audio tracks are available in Dolby Digital (English).
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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.
