| Overall: | D |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D- |
| Sexual Content: | D |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 114 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 25 Feb 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Beowulf is rated PG-13: for intense sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sexual material and nudity
Cast: Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Crispin Glover.
Studio: 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.
