| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 150 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 26 Mar 2013 |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Lincoln is rated PG-13: for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley
Studio: 2012 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Twentieth Century Fox
Website: Official site for Lincoln.
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Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.