Onward

"Director Dan Scanlon's bromantic road movie showcases what the animation studio does best."

"Greater self-confidence might just be the last thing audiences want to see male characters try to achieve in 2020, but in the case of Onward, it could prove the right direction for male-centric storytelling."

"The animation is spellbinding as Onward builds into a galloping adventure full of amusement, excitement and enchantment."

"You won't feel cheated by it, but you won't feel elated, either. Yet Pixar, in its very bravura, has more than earned the right to put out a movie like this one - an unabashed piece of product, a kind of Pixar place-holder made with a tiny dash of soul."

"It's transcendent, cathartic, structurally smart and delivers a soulful narrative twist. It's painful, but in the best way."

"The majority of Pixar's films are special for one reason or another. Which makes the generic bro humour and familiar Dungeons & Dragons role-play vibe of Onward a let-down."

"The untimely death of a parent is, of course, a timeless fairy-tale trope and something of a Disney narrative specialty, but "Onward" employs the cliché in ways that feel both more personal and more daring."

"Beneath the bro-friendly, fantasy-art trappings, Onward finds a little bit of that old Pixar magic."

"Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie - heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious."