| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 124 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 15 Apr 2003 |
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Spirited Away is rated PG: for some scary moments.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Susan Ega
Studio: 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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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.
