Review of Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) by Moviemack — 13 Mar 2021

The "Hero's Journey," as one of cinema's oldest tropes, hasn't been innovated since 1977. Disney can throw all the gender trendiness, inauthentic ethnicity, Marvel Comics-style MacGuffin-ry, and purple-glowy animation at the cliché that it wants, but RAYA comes off mainly as unoriginal, over-expository, and childishly naive.

The "princesses" now punch and kick! Yippee! Some beautiful animation, but isn't that the very least we can expect these days? This is a movie that you'll likely forget about 15 minutes after you've seen it, even if you are more of a fan of the genre than I am.