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Movie · Comedy, Action, Animated · 2009 · PG

Up: parents' guide

7+our pick

Best for ages 7 and up. Rated PG for some peril and action.

A funny, moving Pixar adventure for families, though its opening and its villain call for a parent nearby with younger kids. An early wordless montage follows Carl and Ellie's marriage, including an implied miscarriage, her illness and her funeral, and it brings many adults to tears. Later, elderly Carl and a young scout float his house to South America and meet an explorer who fires a gun at them, sets the house on fire and sends snarling dogs after them, and at the climax one character falls to his death. There is no profanity or sexual content. The grief and the menace are why we suggest 7.

What's in it

Violence

Moderate

Mostly cartoonish, but a villain fires a shotgun, sets a house ablaze and duels Carl with a sword. A dog bites the giant bird Kevin, drawing blood, Carl's cane leaves a construction worker bleeding, and one character falls to his death.

Language

None

No profanity. The strongest words are gosh, golly and darn, along with a few mild put-downs.

Sex and nudity

None

Nothing beyond a long, loving marriage shown in montage, with a wedding kiss and tender moments between Carl and Ellie. No nudity or innuendo.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

At dinner the explorer's dogs clumsily pour wine for the two old men, and adults drink from champagne glasses. Prohibition-era drinking gets a passing mention. No one is drunk or smoking.

Scary or intense scenes

Moderate

The early montage implies a miscarriage, then shows Ellie in the hospital and Carl alone at her funeral. Later, a pack of snarling dogs ambushes the heroes, a storm batters the floating house, characters dangle from great heights, and the airship climax is tense.

Worth talking about

Carl holds on to his house as a way of holding on to Ellie. How can people honor someone they've lost while still making room for new friends and adventures?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, childrenandmedia.org.au. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.