Review by newguy85

This review is for parents who read about the teen romance, and want to know details, but who don't want to kill 105 minutes figuring it out.

The teen's love/crush interest is the B-story of the movie. The teen's interest in the other teen is clearly shown in ACT I, is talked about with every adult in ACT II, and is again shown clearly in ACT III. It was so prevalent, we ended up skipping ahead.

That being said, the rest of this movie was an Onward knockoff, a boy trying to understand his role in this world in light of a missing grandfather/father.

The thing is, Onward has a coherent tight story, and this was a mess. My six year old said after, "yeah that's not my favorite" (which was hilarious) but we asked why, and he said he didn't understand what was going on. The kid understood Inside Out when he was 5, but couldn't understand this.

One thing I will give positive review on - the art style was amazing, the comic strip animation in the front, the bright colors, etc, all 10/10 so I can understand why this was a $200M+ property.

Not hard to see why this flopped so hard, it's not memorable, it's not really a kid's movie, and it's difficult for me to want to pass this on via word-of-mouth, even though it's free with Disney+