Review of Onward (2020) by Caldoesdrumming — 15 Mar 2020

Of all the Pixar films I’ve seen in recent years as a grown man Onward is definitely proving to be my favourite, I can’t really compare it to the classics (Toy Story 1, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo etc) coz I saw all those movies when I was basically just a foot tall and have been with me for as long as I can remember but needless to say if I was to have some kind of Pixar binge night it would happily fit in with them all.

The thing that really elevates Onward for me is it’s cast, Tom Holland & Chris Pratt I thought were brilliant as Ian & Barley, they by far had one of the best chemistries I’ve seen in a movie (which is probably thanks to the friendship they made whilst working on Avengers together) and they voiced them so well and put so much emotion into it that it ended being one of those moments where you forgot it was them and purely saw their characters. As for the rest Julia Louis-Dreyfus was great as Laurel, a determined super mum that wants nothing more for a her 2 boys to be happy and is prepared to go great lengths to make sure they’re safe, Octavia Spencer was brilliant as The Manticore, a character that you thought would be a bit intimidating and villainous that was actually pretty funny and awesome to watch. The animations & sets were gorgeous and I don’t care one bit if they maybe did look a bit too realistic, the fact that Pixar has the power & talent to put that much detail into their movies nowadays I think is really commendable and something I personally think they should definitely keep up.