Review of Onward (2020) by Hankhill4200 — 10 Mar 2020

I don’t understand why the reviews for this movie are so low. It’s not perfect, but to me, it’s close to it. I’ll get the one gripe I have out of the way. The part between the Tavern and the draw bridge is pretty slow. It’s not bad, but it’s just okay. It’s the only part of the movie that wasn’t super engaging to me, simply due to characters (the bikers) being fairly boring.

Every other part was great. The humor is there throughout the entire movie. While there are some areas where the humor isn’t original, the amount of original jokes and unique gags far outnumber them. Colt Stallion (boyfriend) was a funny, original portrayal of a Minotaur that consistently made the theatre laugh. Chris Pratt did an amazing job in his role, and never failed to get a laugh.

Not only is the movie funny, it’s also the most emotional Pixar movie since UP (yes I think it’s more emotional than Coco). The ending manages to be something you wouldn’t expect, and that’s not a bad thing at all. I like the approach it took, and it had several people around me in tears. Don’t get me wrong, the ending of Coco was emotional, but I don’t think it came close to what this movie did.

The foreshadowing starts from the very get go of the movie, with the dragon on the school (I won’t go in depth on this to avoid spoilers). Another great thing this movie was able to accomplish was a scene that managed to be funny, epic, and majestic all at the same time. Once again, I won’t go in depth here to avoid spoilers, but it’s definitely my favorite scene in the movie.

It’s not a perfect movie, but it comes close to it. The movie is filled with humor, emotion, lessons, family values, heart wrenching moments, and epic scenes.