Lightyear is a 2022 American computer-animated science-fiction action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

From Disney and Pixar comes an animated sci-fi action-adventure - the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy.

Legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits Izzy, Mo, Darby, and his robot companion, Sox. As this motley crew tackles their toughest mission yet, they must learn to work together as a team to escape the evil Zurg and his dutiful robot army that are never far behind.Lightyear / Film synopsis

Lightyear is a Disney-Pixar animated adventure, featuring a wonderful cast, excellent animation and a range of diverse characters. The violence and themes might be a bit much for younger viewers, but families with older children and fans of the original Toy Story movies will find much to enjoy in Lightyear.

Content that may disturb children In addition to the violent scenes mentioned above, Lightyear has some scenes that could scare or disturb children under 5 years. For example, there are several sinister and creepy alien life forms.

Director Angus Maclane is still somewhat stunned by the enormous response to what most people haven't even seen yet in his Pixar movie Lightyear, which opens in theaters this Friday. The family-friendly film depicts not only Pixar's first prominent LGBTQ character in a movie but also its first same-sex kiss on screen.

The result is that Lightyear offers one more twist: It's not a biopic about a “real” Pixar character, but a fictional movie set within the fictional Pixar universe. Lightyear opens up with text explaining that this is the movie that Toy Story's Andy saw in 1995 that made him want to get a Buzz Lightyear toy.

In addition to the violent scenes and scary visual images mentioned above, Lightyear has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 5-8 years. For example: While Buzz goes on his missions, life is passing quickly for the people he leaves behind.

This is due to the fact that the film depicted a same-sex relationship, which for a handful of countries around the world, deemed too inappropriate for a film targeted at children.

explorer Alisha Hawthorne In Lightyear, we witness the anodyne kiss on the lips between space explorer Alisha Hawthorne and her wife, and we realize that partners are not at the center of any story, but rather one of those fragments that give meaning to life.

That the film features a same-sex kiss is notable for Disney, which has long shied away from portraying explicitly LGBTQ+ characters. In fact, the kiss was met with pushback inside the studio and had initially been cut from the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

When "Lightyear" premiered on June 17, the movie confirmed the film tells the origin story of the Buzz Lightyear toy (as in, the fictional movie within the Toy Story universe that inspired the Buzz toy in "Toy Story," not the story of a real-life Buzz Lightyear).