Orion and the Dark
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): February 2, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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17
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 2, 2024
Kaufman has rummaged about in Pixar’s Inside Out grab-bag and mussed up the elemental simplicity of Yarlett’s idea. It’s nicely personal as his spin on a Pixar film, but the downside is that he can’t help imitating too many of them at once – which makes it equal parts sweet and hectic, and not a little overambitious. Read full review
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The Daily BeastNick SchagerFeb 1, 2024
Boasts the idiosyncratic anxiety, depression, and angst of its author’s work and the bouncy tone and matching visual style of every other recent cinematic kid’s fable—two flavors that, it turns out, don’t really go well together. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawJan 29, 2024
It is a sweet-natured little tale, indebted to Monsters Inc and the whole Pixar canon but saved from being predictable with other borrowings (Back to the Future, Inception), as well as its various metafictional levels of storytelling. Read full review
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VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 2, 2024
Kaufman’s innovations all make Orion and the Dark less predictable, potentially engaging young viewers in the storytelling process. But they also make for a more stressful experience overall, as if Orion wasn’t high-strung enough already. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJan 30, 2024
This Netflix production, scripted by Kaufman and perhaps rendered into something more sensible by co-writer and children’s animation vet Lloyd Taylor (“Nimona”) is fanciful but formulaic, and unlike most of Kaufman’s boundary-breaking writing, it’s downright derivative. Read full review
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