| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 117 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 20 Nov 2007 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Hairspray is rated PG: for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.
Cast: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Brittany Snow
Studio: New Line Cinema
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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.
