| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 102 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 09 Feb 2010 |
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The Stepfather is rated PG-13: for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality.
Cast: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward
Studio: 2009 Sony Screen Gems
Website: Official site for The Stepfather.
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Stepparents are often easy targets and this film does nothing to break this stereotype. Too bad Susan Harding (Sela Ward) doesn’t watch more movies because if she did, she might…
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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.
