| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 103 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 02 May 2006 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
The Family Stone is rated PG-13: for some sexual content including dialogue, and drug references.
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney
Studio: 2005 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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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.
