| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 170 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 19 Mar 2013 |
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is rated PG-13: for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images.
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Studio: 2012 Warner Brothers Pictures
Website: Official site for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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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.
