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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Will Kids be Carried Away by Pixar's "Up"?











Pixar's Up is a stunning 3-D adventure is an upper for everyone.
Find out why Common Sense Media rated it ON for kids 6 and up.

What Parents Need to Know                                                                                                     

Parents need to know that this is the second Pixar movie (after The Incredibles) to receive a PG rating, mostly due to a few potentially frightening scenes involving a band of trained talking dogs trying to get rid of the protagonists, some moments where characters almost fall from a floating house, and some guns firing. It's also the first Pixar movie in 3-D, and as such there are images that jump out from the screen that may frighten the very young. That said, it's Disney/Pixar, so the violence is mild. There's no offensive language, consumerism, or sexuality.

Read our full review by Sandie Angulo Chen

Families can talk about
the movie's central relationship between Carl and Russell. What does Up have to say about multi-generational friendships? What does a young boy teach an elderly man and vice versa? Kids: what kind of adventures do you dream of having?

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