| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 107 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 23 Apr 2013 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
Promised Land is rated R: for language.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski
Studio: 2012 Focus Features
Website: Official site for Promised Land.
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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.
