Toy Story 3 Movie

Toy Story 3 written by Michael Arndt, directed by Lee Unkrich and produced by Disney Pixar.

Andy's toys continue their friendship and adventures. As Andy prepares to leave for college, his toys accidentally end up at a day care center. The toys quicky discover that not all kids play with toys like Andy did, plus the other toys have plans for them. Woody must go to the rescue of his friends trapped in the day care center and bring them all back to Andy where they belong.

While adults cringe to see younger children have access to age inappropriate toys, the kids in the audience love to see the misuse the toys get. Kids may be frightened by "Baby" who's head spins and is unable to talk, but will enjoy the teamwork that the toys use to get back to Andy. Toward the end, the toys find their way back to Andy's house right when he's leaving. Andy needs to make a hard choice - should the toys get stored in the attic or go to a good home; Woody needs to make a hard choice - to let Andy go or stay with his friends.

Several rescue scenarios are cleverly executed. Lots of humor for kids and adults alike. Like other Pixar films, this segment has lots of entertainment value for the kids, but lots of thought provoking sentiment and jokes for adults. Life's choices, for the toys and for Andy, are not always black and white. Great movie for 10 to 13 year olds.

P.S. There's a cute scene with Molly, Andy's sister, reading Tween magazine.
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Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After -The Final Chapter directed by Mike Mitchell and produced by Dreamworks Animation. Starring Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.

The twisted fairy tale continues. Shrek is now a family man with three kids and a wife. Dissatisfied with his life, longing for the days of being a scary ogre, Shrek gets a chance to re-live a day from his old life. Signing a contract with the dubious Rumplestiltskin, Shrek finds himself single and experiencing how life would be without being married to Fiona. At first it's fun, but then he becomes concerned when he discovers that the contract he signed was signing away the day he was born, thus he never existed.

Donkey tells Shrek about the contract's escape clause (he needs to kiss Fiona) and Shrek joins the ogre resistance against Rumplestiltskin, to reclaim his life. He has to undo what's he's done. Lots of jokes and humor for kids 9 to 12 years old.