Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
When a toy collector steals Woody intending to sell him to a
museum in Japan, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang attempt
to rescue him. With the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don
Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie
Potts, Jodi Benson, Joan Cusack, R. Lee Ermey, Kelsey Grammer,
Estelle Harris, Wayne Knight, Laurie Metcalf, John Morris and
David Ogden Stiers. [1:30]
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A few kisses on the cheek. Some
"male" toys admire lots of dancing Barbies in swimsuits.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - Nearly all played for laughs: In a
sequence that turns out to be a video game, we see a character
exchanging laser beam fire with an army of robots; some robot
parts fly to the ground after an explosion and a character gets
its torso shot off. A toy flies into a door, a toy is tied onto
cardboard and put in a box, a toy is used as a battering ram, a
toy tackles another and pulls its arm behind its back, a toy tries
to hit another with a pickaxe, a couple of toys scuffle, two toys
shoot at each and two boxing toys punch each other. A dog picks up
a toy with its mouth, shakes it around, throws it to the ground,
then licks its face. A toy's arm rips off and is stitched back on;
in a later scene, a toy uses a pickaxe to rip out some of the
seams again (and again, the arm is stitched together). A couple of
punches and scuffles; several falls and pratfalls. In a dream
sequence, a boy throws a toy into a trash can filled with broken
toy parts; when the toy tries to climb out, an arm pulls it back
down. Twice, a toy grabs onto a moving vehicle and once the toy
falls off and rolls on the ground, uninjured. Toys cross a busy
street while carrying orange cones over themselves; many cars
swerve and screech to a halt to avoid them (some are nearly
smashed by truck) and two cars crash into each other. Reckless
driving; in one scene, the toys drive a car on a busy street. A
man burps on a toy that is standing next to his mouth. Some
yelling.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Being forgotten by loved ones,
collecting toys, greed, friendship.
MESSAGE - Toys are meant to be played with and loved,
not collected and sold.
(Note: An extended preview of an
upcoming film shown before Toy Story 2 contains a scene that could
frighten children: a snarling dinosaur jumps out of a forest, chases
after several other dinosaurs and steps on some dinosaur eggs.)
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