Six of us saw Up together in 3-D. And, for starters, there's no need to pay the extra $ for the 3-D version, which is mostly a slightly greater depth to the screen, not a bit more intense than your average Imax.
So it was a 9 month old, a 5 year old, an 8 year old, my early 30's daughter and son-in-law and me. Three of us fell asleep for at least part of the movie -- OK, the baby hardly counts but she was one of the three. We all liked it, but none of us said, "Let's see it again." Any movie that sets as its protagonist a 78 year old curmudgeon is, of course, very welcome and the lifelong love story that sets the film in motion is perfect and over too soon. Carl's journey is sometimes exciting, sometimes funny, pretty meandering, and all that is fine, but the interest level of his adventures varies considerably -- hence the cat naps. My favorite line, voiced several times by one or another of the jungle dogs, was "ooohh, the cone of shame," a sentiment shared, I feel confident, by any poor dog or cat that has worn one of those funnel-shaped neck collars after a visit to the vet.
See Up, but in originality and entertainment be aware that it ranks a cut below the standard set by another Pixar film, The Incredibles. Get more detail about Up (4 Disc Combo Pack with Digital Copy and DVD) [Blu-ray].
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