| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
| Run Time: | 138 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 19 Apr 2004 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is rated PG-13: for intense battle sequences, related images and brief language
Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy
Studio: 2003 Twentieth Century Fox
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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.
