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Avg. Critic Score: 88 out of 100 Universal acclaim Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
6 OK for kids 6+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it. Read full review

  • 100
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Easily the summer's, and probably the year's, most enchanting movie, Up is a buoyant delight. Read full review

  • 100
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    The result is a soaring, touching, funny and altogether buoyant movie that lives up to its title in spirit and in form. Read full review

  • 100
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Up is a breathtaking ride into the realm of pure imagination. Read full review

  • 100
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along. Read full review

  • 100
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Rarely has any film, let alone an animated one powered by the logic of dream and fantasy, been able to move so successfully -- and so effortlessly -- through so many different kinds of cinematic territory. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is another masterwork from Pixar, which is leading the charge in modern animation. Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A lovely, thoughtful, and yes, uplifting adventure. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Has some great movie moments but also boring stretches. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Passages of glorious imagination are invariably matched by stock characters and banal story choices. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 6+ Pixar's stunning adventure is an upper for everyone.
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. That said, it's Disney/Pixar, so the violence is mild. And there's no offensive language, consumerism, or sexuality.
  • Families can talk about the movie's central relationship between Carl and Russell. What does the movie 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?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: Carl and Russell become friends and teach each other about responsibility, caring for nature, and the movie's main theme about "the spirit of adventure."
  • rolemodels true4 Positive role models: Strong role models for multi-generational friendship and a successful marriage. Young Ellie befriends an otherwise lonely young Carl; they become best friends and later a married couple. He takes care of her after she grows ill, and he embarks on a journey to fulfill a lifelong dream of theirs.
What to watch for
  • violence false2 Violence and scariness: There's some mild peril from thunderstorms hitting the house, and a sad sequence that shows Ellie sick in the hospital and then Carl in a funeral home, surrounded by flowers. Both a real gun and a tranquilizer gun are fired at various characters. A house gets set on fire. Younger kids might be scared by some 3-D images that jump at them from the screen, as well as Muntz' dogs, which sometimes appear seemingly out of nowhere, growling and angry. Muntz tries to get rid of Carl and Russell, even if it means trying to kill them. One character falls to his death.
  • sex false0 Sexy stuff: Not an issue
  • language false0 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: This movie is part of the Disney-Pixar dynasty, with merchandise and other marketing tie-ins associated with the film.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Two adults drink out of champagne flutes.
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