Onward

Name: Onward
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
Released: March 6, 2020
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Ali Wong, Chris Pratt, George Psarras, Grey DeLisle, John Ratzenberger

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 2020 | PG

Starring: Ali Wong, Chris Pratt, George Psarras, Grey DeLisle, John Ratzenberger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, Mel Rodriguez, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman

Summary: In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian & Barney Lightfoot (Tom Holland & Chris Pratt), embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

Director: Dan Scanlon

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 102 min

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Empire Ben Travis

Feb 21, 2020

Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie — heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Feb 21, 2020

Onward may be middle-of-the-pack Pixar but it’s still a real pleasure. Read full review

The Film Stage Christopher Schobert

Mar 4, 2020

Onward is a spring treat that might not lead to sequels or boffo merchandise sales, but will certainly please families and the Pixar faithful. Debating whether the film is “classic Pixar” is silly. Put those concerns aside and you’ll be rewarded with the first great family film of 2020. Read full review

K. Austin Collins

Feb 26, 2020

It’s a fine movie: cute, clever, moving, and engagingly-told, an altogether painless confirmation of what we should all agree is Pixar’s basic aptitude for keeping kids’ asses in seats and parents from pulling out their hair. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Mar 5, 2020

The film is a brightly rendered, sentimental ode to adolescence that hits all the right emotional buttons, even as it risks being forgotten itself. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Mar 4, 2020

This is a picture whose subject, loudly and frequently proclaimed, is magic. But there is precious little of the genuine article to be found in it. Read full review

Blake Goble

Mar 4, 2020

When the leads are drawn this terribly thin, and Onward is so hopelessly focused on the dad narrative that it can’t help but ignore its creativity in favor of mawkish afternoon special, the product stinks of a bad Amblin ripoff. Read full review

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Sorrybois

Jun 27, 2020

Why do so many people brush this movie off? It holds a special place in my heart. It comforts people during lockdown and is all about family. Go watch it on kimcartoon.to if you have not already.

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VultuRex

Mar 22, 2020

This movie is amazing, adventurous, fun and really captures the magic of what Pixar animation films should and always have to offer. What a great Pixar film, this movie happens to be my favorite animated film of 2020. Give those film makers and animators over at Pixar a big standing ovationThis movie is amazing, adventurous, fun and really captures the magic of what Pixar animation films should and always have to offer. What a great Pixar film, this movie happens to be my favorite animated film of 2020. Give those film makers and animators over at Pixar a big standing ovation for their hard work.… Expand

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Rektnarok91

Mar 6, 2020

Really fun and emotional film. It avoided a number of cliché traps and really is one of the best Pixar films in awhile

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Rcavey92212

May 1, 2020

Boiled down to its simplicities this is a movie about a boy whose always wanted to know his father. He passed before he was born. The setting for this truly magical film is a world filled with spells, wizards, orcs, elves, fairies and more. On his 16th birthday Ian is given a gift left byBoiled down to its simplicities this is a movie about a boy whose always wanted to know his father. He passed before he was born. The setting for this truly magical film is a world filled with spells, wizards, orcs, elves, fairies and more. On his 16th birthday Ian is given a gift left by his father. A spell that will let him meet him for only one day. Unfortunately the spell only half works and him and his brother have to go on a quest so make him whole before time runs out. The movie is funny, sad and heartwarming without being too preachy. At times it can feel a bit familiar but overall it's another solid addition to Pixar's library. Unfortunately the film never had a chance at the box office because of the worldwide pandemic but I'm sure will be somewhat successful with vod and disc sales.

Budget: $200m
Domestic Box Office: $62m
Worldwide Box Office: $103m

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moviemitch96

Mar 6, 2020

Pixar's usually pretty reliable, and I thought this looked cute enough to check out. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt voice two elves that embark on a quest to find a magical gemstone in order to briefly summon their late father back to life. This one was actually a little more fun than IPixar's usually pretty reliable, and I thought this looked cute enough to check out. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt voice two elves that embark on a quest to find a magical gemstone in order to briefly summon their late father back to life. This one was actually a little more fun than I anticipated it would be based off the previews I saw for it that personally left me a little underwhelmed. Yes it did feel a little middle-of-the-road in comparison to Pixar's other films. However, it had great charm and humor, Holland and Pratt's voice talents go great together, and as expected of Pixar by now, it's incredibly heartfelt and will likely leave many touched by the end. Overall, the animation and world created in the film is highly entertaining and imaginative, the story is a little straightforward and conventional, but the voice talents, humor, and heart are what really make it worthwhile and fun.… Expand

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Stream2BigScree

Mar 6, 2020

Welcome backeth to the mystical movie review siteth of the new decade, Stream To Big Screen! This quest will lead us down the path of peril to end up at our ultimate goal, a review of Onward. Onward was a movie about two brothers on a one of a kind journey to find a gem that will help themWelcome backeth to the mystical movie review siteth of the new decade, Stream To Big Screen! This quest will lead us down the path of peril to end up at our ultimate goal, a review of Onward. Onward was a movie about two brothers on a one of a kind journey to find a gem that will help them complete a spell that will give them 24 hours with their deceased father. There were pitfalls and pixies along the dangerous way. Are you, brave soul, up to the challenge?

Ok, enough of the dungeons and dragons talk. Onward is a movie presented by the pairing of Disney and Pixar. Typically, the Disney/Pixar duo makes magic on the cinematic screen. Thus, Onward had a high bar to overcome. Viewers will expect the likes of an Up, Toy Story franchise, or even, Coco; but Onward cannot compare. I say that to say, the lower the expectations of this movie the better it will be going into it. Onward, led by Tom Holland, as Ian Lightfoot, and Chris Pratt, as Barley Lightfoot, is just a solid but typical pre-teen odyssey movie. Now, the two mentioned previously do a pretty good job of carrying the movie, Pratt more than Holland. Barley is exactly how I'd picture Pratt as a young adult. Holland, on the other hand, was less inspiring, more of just a voice than a believable character. That may have been the writing or it might be Holland's deliver. Unfortunately, Pixar and the writers didn't take any risks in the writing or storylines of this movie. Don't get me wrong, I love a good brotherly love excursion but the envelope wan't pushed enough.

Aside from that, the cast as whole did a pretty good job. Shout to Octavia Spencer for stealing the movie! What the movie did well is a little comedy and the overall animation. First, we all have come to love Pixar's animation, that's an obvious; however, it was the depiction of disabled creatures, clothing, movement of characters, and re-imagination of modern life that really was enjoyable. Oh, yeah, and the movie did have my neighbor and I bust out laughing at two parts (no really kid laughter though).

Sadly, Onward is not my favorite Pixar movie. The things that make this movie succeed does not outweigh the basic, uninspired plot. The disappointment may be due to the expectations based on Pixar’s past successes, but it didn’t translate here. Onward is a strong bowl of popcorn during a family movie night (I would understand a matinee for the kids but parents won’t get their monies worth).… Expand

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JCena

Jun 19, 2023

Yet again another Disney woke garbage of a movie! It never ceases to amaze me that Disney has ruined everything....Walt Disney would be rolling in his grave! Not even worth trying to explain to be honest! Fkn A...

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