Crisp Criticism - "Onward", "The Hunt", "The Invisible Man", "The Last Thing He Wanted", "Vitalina Varela", "Resistance" Retrospection - "Songs From the Second Floor" (2000)

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Julien Faddoul

Onward **

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

Lively Pixar feature that does absolutely nothing new, but like its director’s previous film it covers interesting emotional ground after a laggard start. One wishes that more was made out of its central fantastical universe, which seems mostly irrelevant.

d – Dan Scanlon

w – Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin

ph – Sharon Calahan, Adam Habib

pd – Noah Klocek

m – Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna

ed – Catherine Apple

p – Kori Rae

Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez