| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | D+ |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 03 Mar 2008 |
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Things We Lost in the Fire is rated R: for drug content and language.
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Omar Benson Miller.
Studio: 2007 Paramount Pictures
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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.
