That study, which looked at 8- to 10-year-old children in the Netherlands and was also coauthored by Sargent, found that 20-minute clips from a cartoon and family film depicting smoking had no measurable impact on the kids' beliefs about smoking.

CNN: Should smoking trigger an R rating?

Now it was time to write a critique of the film Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan and a cast of cartoon characters.

BBC: Bringing on the brightest

So-called mature American audiences may be put off at first by a film that is essentially a cartoon about a fearful ten-year-old girl.

NEWYORKER: Spirited Away