A really smart and at times, moving film but not without its faults. As with all Pixar developed films Onwards has some lovely underlying messages and moving moments delivered with visual brilliance and comedy.
Faults? Well, some of the characters are underdeveloped and somewhat tacked on in places. The story struggles to flow at times and feels a little rushed at the end. But perhaps the biggest shame though with this film through no fault of its own, is it's rather unfortunate release date that just happened to coincide with a global pandemic that at the time was an unknown quantity - it therefore has almost become the forgotten Disney film failing to gain any traction in cinemas Or being heavily promoted. But to forget about this film would be a terrible thing - it's a highly watchable, entertaining movie with real thought and feeling in places. Personally I believe this to be much better effort from Pixar than some others of late - the decent enough but somewhat average Elemental being one of them.
Faults? Well, some of the characters are underdeveloped and somewhat tacked on in places. The story struggles to flow at times and feels a little rushed at the end. But perhaps the biggest shame though with this film through no fault of its own, is it's rather unfortunate release date that just happened to coincide with a global pandemic that at the time was an unknown quantity - it therefore has almost become the forgotten Disney film failing to gain any traction in cinemas Or being heavily promoted. But to forget about this film would be a terrible thing - it's a highly watchable, entertaining movie with real thought and feeling in places. Personally I believe this to be much better effort from Pixar than some others of late - the decent enough but somewhat average Elemental being one of them.