| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 93 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 01 Nov 2001 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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Shrek is rated PG: for mild language and some crude humor.
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
Studio: Dreamworks
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Overall: B-
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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.
