| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 104 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 07 Apr 2009 |
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The Day The Earth Stood Still is rated PG-13: for some sci-fi disaster images and violence.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
Studio: 2008 Twentieth Century Fox
Website: Official site for The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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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.
