| Overall: | C- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 21 Dec 2004 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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Surviving Christmas is rated PG-13: for sexual content, language and a brief drug reference.
Cast: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara
Studio: 2004 Universal Studios 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.
