| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 139 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Changeling is rated R: for some violent and disturbing content, and language.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan.
Studio: 2008 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.
