| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | A |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 107 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 02 Apr 2013 |
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That Thing You Do is rated PG:
Director: Tom Hanks
Cast: Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Tom Everett Scott
Studio: 1996 Twentieth Century Fox
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Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) is a young man who spends his days waiting on nice ladies in his father's appliance shop in Erie, PA. At night, he puts…
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Why Is That Thing You Do Rated PG?
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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.
