Will it make you cry? Oh, heck yeah.
Co-written and directed by Dan Scanlon , “Onward” presents a previously magical landscape that’s evolved into a modern suburbia with centaur cops and fairy biker gangs. Ian Lightfoot is an elf who’s turning 16 but has always had an affection for the father he never knew, listening to old tapes of his dad’s voice and rocking the old man’s ratty college sweatshirt.
Taking him on the road a la “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the siblings go on a somewhat epic quest to find another gem to finish off the spell, run into 1,000-year-old lion/scorpion/woman warrior Corey – who now operates a medieval Chuck E. Cheese-like joint – and need to beat the clock or else never get to spend precious moments with their lost loved one.
The movie’s vision of a world that needs to find its magic again is impressively designed, and Scanlon has filled it with cool details , though not enough of its potential is explored as the story needs to shift to the siblings’ central plot and character arcs. It’s the sort of thing built to be explored more in a Disney+ show one day, and until then, Laurel and Corey’s rescue subplot does some of that job.
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