| Overall: | C+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | D |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 157 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 19 Mar 2013 |
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Zero Dark Thirty is rated R: for strong violence including brutal disturbing images, and for language.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke
Studio: 2012 Sony Pictures
Website: Official site for Zero Dark Thirty.
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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.
