| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 88 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 09 Aug 2011 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Mars Needs Moms is rated PG: for sci-fi action and peril.
Director: Simon Wells
Cast: Seth Green, Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler
Studio: 2011 Walt Disney Pictures
Website: Official site for Mars Needs Moms.
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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.
