| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 105 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 04 Jul 2005 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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Dear Frankie is rated PG-13: for language.
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
Studio: 2005 Miramax
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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.
