| Overall: | D+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
| Run Time: | 113 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 12 Dec 2005 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Bad News Bears is rated PG-13: rude behavior, language throughout, some sexuality and thematic elements
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden
Studio: 2005 Paramount 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.
