Disney/Pixar's Up Gets a PG Rating

Posted by Dominic von Riedemann Apr 22, 2009

According to the Disney website, the Motion Picture Association of America has decided that the Disney/Pixar film Up is too perilous and action-packed to get a G rating.

The film, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc.) has been rated PG (Parental Guidance suggested) with an advisory for "peril and action."

This isn't too surprising, considering that some early reviews were pointing out the film's darker elements, which include one or two of the main characters actually bleeding during the course of their adventures.

This makes Up the 2nd Pixar film to ever get anything other than a G rating. The first was 2004's The Incredibles, which got a PG rating for "action violence." Funnily enough, no one at the MPAA called the film on its sizable body count, which included a number of superheroes foolish enough to wear capes.

Up comes to theatres on May 29th. Look for a review, plus interviews with some of the principles, coming to this site.