The Pixar Shorts: A Short History (2007) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests The Pixar Shorts: A Short History is best for ages 6+. It's rated NR. This short documentary chronicles the early days of Pixar Animation Studios and the creation of their first computer-animated shorts. Content is extremely mild, consisting primarily of talking-head interviews with…

The Pixar Shorts: A Short History is officially rated NR. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 6+.

This short documentary chronicles the early days of Pixar Animation Studios and the creation of their first computer-animated shorts. Content is extremely mild, consisting primarily of talking-head interviews with filmmakers and clips from classic G-rated shorts like "Luxo Jr." and "Tin Toy." The only content of note…

None. Sexual content is entirely absent.

Very mild. All violence is contained within clips of early animated shorts and is exclusively cartoonish and slapstick in nature. For example, a snowman in "Knick Knack" endures comical falls, and a bee stings a character in "The Adventures of André & Wally…

None. There is no profanity.

None. There is no depiction of substance use.

Themes are very light. Clips from shorts touch on mild melancholy (a unicycle in "Red's Dream" longs for a different life) and mild peril (a toy fears being broken by a baby). The overarching documentary themes are positive, focusing on creativity…

The Pixar Shorts: A Short History runs 23 minutes, directed by Tony Kaplan, Erica Milsom, released in 2007.

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