| Overall: | C- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 119 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 15 Nov 2004 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
The Chronicles of Riddick is rated PG-13: for intense sequences of violent action and some language. Previously rated R in '04
Cast: Vin Diesel, Thandie Newton, Judi Dench
Studio: 2004 Universal
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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.
