I graduated when the first movie came out and have two little girls now....but me and my sister cried during the movie.(she waited for us to visit so she wouldnt be a grown-up watching the movie alone). My daughter who is six just did the outgrowing her toys thing and she was able to see the paralells in her life. Especially Lotsa!
I didn't have a problem w the movie being scary and my daughters who were five and six were just enthralled the entire movie. Watching them was almost as fun as the movie itself. They watched the previous movies a week before and were so excited.
The short at the beginning was too hilarious..especially the Vegas part as we were watching it at the Red Rock in Las Vegas. The entire audience started cracking up during that part!