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Movie · Sci-fi, Romance, Animated · 2008 · G

WALL-E: parents' guide

5+our pick

Best for ages 5 and up. Rated G.

A gentle, mostly wordless Pixar sci-fi romance that works for nearly the whole family, about a lonely trash-compacting robot who follows a sleek probe robot into space. Content is very light: no profanity, no drinking or smoking, and the love story is two robots holding hands. The main concerns for little kids are EVE's laser blasts, a few big explosions, a ship's computer that turns against the humans, and a stretch where WALL-E is badly damaged and seems lost. Its messages about waste, screens and caring for the planet give older kids plenty to discuss. Fine for most kids 5 and up.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

EVE fires her arm cannon at anything that startles her, blowing up rocks and nearly hitting WALL-E. Robots brawl, an escape pod explodes, WALL-E is zapped by lightning and crushed in a closing hatch, and the captain wrestles the ship's autopilot. Never bloody.

Language

None

No profanity. The sparse dialogue includes mild exclamations like heck, darn and golly, plus an unfinished "what the."

Sex and nudity

None

WALL-E and EVE hold hands and share an electric robot kiss, and a human couple holds hands. In a quick sight gag, WALL-E drapes a bra he pulls from the trash over his eyes.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

None

None. Cigarette lighters are among the junk WALL-E saves as treasures, but nobody smokes, drinks alcohol or uses drugs.

Scary or intense scenes

Mild

Brief peril: WALL-E is nearly crushed under a rocket, trapped in an escape pod as it explodes, and badly broken near the end, which may upset kids for a few minutes. The red-eyed autopilot is menacing, and babies slide toward danger when the ship tilts.

Worth talking about

The humans on the ship stare at screens and let machines do everything for them. What would it take for them, or for us, to look up and take charge again?

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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.