I took my 9 year old ds and his friends to see this for his birthday. We also took my 3 year old dd who had never been to the cinema - she was transfixed by the experience My DH and I are huge Pixar fans so of course we came along too. None of the kids cried, (I didn't expect them to). However, as a person who is unable to watch this without crying, I knew I would be affected. I think there were three moments which got me blubbing, particularly at the start. dh described the first 15 mins as 'really traumatic - I knew you'd cry' - it is a wordless montage showing the main character's life in flashback.

However, as with other Pixars, I think it is mostly adults who would connect so emotionally with the themes, although a recently bereaved or particuarly sensitive child may be affected - but I do think you need life experience to understand fully.

Went to see it with 4 kids today (9,7,5 & 4) - we all loved it and the only one that cried was me - 3 times , much to the amusment of the kids!!

I stumbled across this thread but am so glad I did. We were going to see this the other day but didnt get round to it. I am not over the death of my mum yet so think I would be a mess if I had gone in thinking this was just some daft kids movie... Then again, the sad grown up themes should probably be expected in Pixar movies by now! I mean, the scene in Finding Nemo where Marlin sees Nemo getting swept up in the net n has a flashback to him at the start of the film had me in sobs... And it was about the millionth time it has been on AND I was in the kitchen doing the dishes with my back to the telly but could still picture the scene in my head when I heard it!!!!

I wish someone had warned ME about it tbh - I spent the whole film crying buckets and had to run out at the end before the lights came up. My mother died last year and the whole thing was just too close to home.

The DSs (6 and 4) were absolutely fine though.

I I sobbed a lot, as did ds who is 9 next week! We saw in in the 3d and the effect was marvellous, which surprised me as I hate gimmicks in films.
Then I cried some more afterwards, when I was telling DH why it was sad. I obviously did a good job as he and ds1 who is 12 both welled up
It is sad in an umplifting way at the end. Though I remember thinking, I would not have been able to watch if I had recently suffered a bereavement.

I've just got back from seeing this with my mum, dd aged 4 and dd aged 2. Both girls enjoyed it, and were not sad or scared at all. My mum and I on the other hand were sobbing. I have cried 3 times since getting home, just thinking about it.

It doesn't help that my dad died last year so I know my mum and I were both prompted to think about all the dreams they had together that they were never able to fulfill.

A very clever film.

dd lost her cat 10 days ago, so that's why I am more cautious. a trip to the cinema should be a laff atm.

DH said he cried twice but DS2 (8) said some bits were a bit sad but he didn't cry.

Dd2 (7) is a tender soul and shed a few tears, but no serious trauma and she loved the film. She lost both her great-grandparents earlier this year, so may well have been relating to those parts more than she normally would have done.

Think you are overthinking it, take him, have some popcorn and have a good time