| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 107 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 16 Oct 2006 |
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American Dreamz is rated PG-13: brief strong language and some sexual references
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Hugh Grant
Studio: 2006 Universal Pictures
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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.
