Review of Next Gen (2018) by Lightofdarkness — 09 Nov 2018

This is by far my favorite animated film of the year. The deep philosophical dilemma of what to remember and what to forget is wrenching, and echoed the pain of watching some loved ones slip into dementia and Alzheimer's.

Honestly, a few of the negative reviews sound like they were hung up on the trailers or their feelings for other movies to treat this as a work set apart from those expectations. The animation is wonderful, the humor is balanced beautifully with the heartfelt, and the realistic relationship between Mei and Molly had us verbally exclaiming how awesome it was to see a mom who was disconnected and unaware instead of the archetypal overbearing perfection of other animated movie moms.

We've been talking a lot about sunk cost lately, and what time is worth. The value of an hour and 46 minutes. Next Gen is worth the sunk cost and more. Frankly, if it were eligible for Academy nominations, this would be my pick for the best animated award.