| Overall: | B+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 101 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 26 Jun 2012 |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
The Artist is rated PG-13: for a disturbing image and a crude gesture.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
Studio: 2011 Weinstein Company/ Warner Brothers France
Website: Official site for The Artist.
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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.
