Strollerderby

I saw this movie and have to say that it is the best movie I have EVER seen. The bit where the robots attack the ship is awesome.

Um I seen it last night and well. It is not for small kids. I should not have to explain death on a family fun night out. It was Bland at best. The Dogs where funny but not for kids under 5. Very Disappointed.

Chelle

Our 3-year-old daughter loved the talking dogs.  Squirrel!  Great movie for the whole family.

this truly is one of the best movies i have seen in a very long time.  it speaks to the humanity in everyone and was beautifully done.  sensitive and at the same time full of life and humor.  a great story and film.

Brett, the Onion review of the movie said, "It took 65 years, but Disney finally topped the death-of-Bambi's-mother scene" (paraphrase)! I thought that was funny.

I'd like to see this with my husband, but our 3 y/o has never been to a movie and scares easily (nearly crying during a video of "Finding Nemo"), so we decided not to waste the money. I'm sure his first movie will be along the lines of a Pooh movie or something. I recommend the website commonsensemedia.org, which gives detailed reviews on movies and media and exactly what kids can expect.

With some trepidation, we took our 2 and a half year old, ready to leave if we needed to (this was his first ever movie). He was fine the whole time. The death thing flew right over his head, he just knew that the man had lost his wife and he was sad. And he loved the dog and the bird. We didn't do 3D. I liked it a great deal, even if I cried, twice.

I am very surprised this movie had so many heavy-handed topics. I took my daughter and some of her friends for her birthday and was shocked that death, a miscarriage, the old man hitting someone on the head and bleeding from the wound, the little boy's dad having nothing to do with the kid, he comes from a broken family and the step-mom is not nice(true Disney style) when the boy tries to call his dad, it is strongly implied the man searching for the bird has murdered other people and tries to murder the old man and the kid, dogs attacking...

There were funny scenes but I think the heavy overtones were hard to forget.

The positive lessons you can take from it are: keep your promises and stuff really means nothing, relationship is what is important. I would not recommend this movie and was disappointed in how strong some of these topics were.

then dont take little babies. it was an amazing movie. yeah it has a lot of non sugar coated messages but so what? we live in a world were kids are expecting kids, teenagers only find amusement in drugs, and the news are fluttered with unimportant matters.

Up was hardly heavy handed. It touched on some very heavy topics, but it was done with subtlety. Most children will not realize half of the things that have been mentioned so far. It was actually the poignancy that made this movie so enjoyable for me. If you'll just get over yourself and really feel the message of the movie you'll really get it. Otherwise you'll leave disappointed.

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My husband and I took our 8 and 10 year olds to see this and nobody liked it. The advertising for this movie was very deceiving; looked like it was funny, but was far from that, to the point of depressing.  My children said it was terrible; and I felt so sad and drained afterwards. The movie is definetly not for kids; the themes were too mature.

3 moms took 10 kids ages 2 to 11 and not one kid was leaving the theater very thrilled.  HO hum for older kids, too scary for little ones.  Ellie is adorable as a kid...they should have kept her.  Death???  Not expected and made 2 girls cry.  The talking dogs were weird and scary.  The crabby adventure guy was also scary.  Three kids left the theater during the scene in the cave.  It was a weird story...was someone on drugs when they wrote it?  the 3D effect was minimal...nothing flying out at you or anything really fun.  Very disappointed...wish we hadnt' wasted so much money for a couple hours.

   Up is Pixar’s best film since 2003’s Finding Nemo. The story of Carl’s(the terrific Ed Asner)adventures with Wilderness Troop explorer, Russell proves that you’re neither to old or to young to bring adventure into your life. It’s also a film that not only appeals to kids but adults as well.  

This is an absolutely terrible movie.

Regardless of what people may say is "mature" and "real" as far as themes go, this movie is laced with depressing and deceptive overtones. What is the main theme of this movie? Number One, promises mean nothing. Number two, you will lose what you hold dear. And three, life is hard, deal with it. To try to inspire people through a hopeless and desparate message like this is ridiculous.

O, and by the by, if an old man who has loved and cherished his wife for many years loses her, what do you exactly want him to move on to? What adventure can he take? I understand that the world would depict such a message, because without Christ, nobody has real hope. Without God, this life is all that you have. So sure, i praise this message for accurately depicting the sad and sorry state of mankind and it's hopless outlook on life. I don't expect any less from the world. But know that in reality, those who have Jesus Christ won't have to let go of those they love, but will see them again.

There is a good ending in the book of all those who serve God. And that is truth.

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People who've found Christ apparently won't be able to hope to enjoy movies.