I need to know how children reacted to this

My 3 1/2 year old and my 1 year old just finished watching it. Neither were scared by any scene, they both were entertained. Even during death (or potential death) scenes they were not scared. I do have to say though that while we do not play horror movies around them, we also do not only watch kid movies so that probably plays into it.

My six year old daughter described it as boring. My 11 year old was along for the ride so I didn't think she'd like it and I was right.

I love a lot of the Pixar stuff, especially Up and Toy Story 3. This film possessed none of the magic and all ages appeal that those movies do.

I won't buy it for them and I doubt they'll even ask anyway.

I don't have time to jaw with anyone who won't identify himself!

My 6, 10 and 13 year old loved it as did my wife and I. It was a fresh, fun film without the normal dumb jokes that most animated films have now days.

This was way better than Nemo, Cars and Cars 2 which personally I never really understood the appeal of. We rented it but we will own this in our collection soon.

Anyway that's my household's opinion :)

My 11 and 7 year old really enjoyed it... my youngest loves this movies... and he's a big dino nut too...

watched with my near 5yo grandson today, he had seen it once before and asked for it.

when we got to the scene near the end when Spot gets together with his family, Arlo draws a circle around them.
"Why did he do that?"
-he is showing that they belong together, and even though they love each other the best thing is for them to say good bye, but they can still be friends in later days and go visit and trade stuff, so it isn't necessarily goodbye forever."

"Maybe we shouldn't have watched this movie."
-Why?
"Cause it makes me want to cry."
-That's how you know a movie is good, if you can really feel for the characters, even when we know it is imagination...

Then into a long dialogue about how dinosaurs never farmed or talked,etc on into the comet that didn't really miss, how dinos are probably the million year old ancestors of birds, etc. Then we happily watched the end.

This is a fantastic film, but be ready for tough questions!

My 5 and 7 year old girls liked it. There are some intense scenes and my 7 year old who is VERY sensitive kept saying "They are going to be ok. its going to be ok!" kind of convincing herself that it would be ok--but they both liked it. Neither of them cried or thought it was TOO intense.

My 7- and 4-year old boys loved the film. I am frankly baffled by all the negative reactions to this film. The movie has good messages, likable and relatable characters, amazing visuals (among the very best of Pixar), and one good scene after another to keep kids interested.

While the film lacks the subtlety and sophistication of some of the best Pixar films (e.g., Finding Nemo), I thought it was far superior to Pixar's weaker films (e.g., Cars 2).

My kids are 4.5 and 2.5. They were interested enough to watch once, but didn't mention it again or care much about it. We watched two movies this weekend: TGD and Megamind. They didn't say anything about TGD after it ended but asked to watch Megamind again 3 different times. They didn't mention anything about the tripping out scene. My oldest was concerned when the dad died. She's young so rather than say he died I explained that he got lost down the river. She was excited when Arlo "found" him again at the end and didn't get that he was dead.

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