| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 129 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 30 Mar 2010 |
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Sherlock Holmes is rated PG-13: for intense sequences of violence and action, some startling images and a scene of suggestive material.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Studio: 2009 Warner Brothers Pictures
Website: Official site for Sherlock Holmes.
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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.
