| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | A |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
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| Video Release: | 28 Jul 2008 |
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Shine A Light is rated PG-13: for brief strong language, drug references and smoking. (Note: Shine A Light was edited for re-rating. It was originally rated R for some language.
Cast: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese.
Studio: Paramount Classics
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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.
