“Disney Animation’s new movie clearly belongs in a theater simply because it’s a big quest story built around its set pieces,” the critic writes. Matt Goldberg of Collidershares the same sentiments as Kang in that the film can make audiences miss the movie theater. For The Hollywood Reporter, Inkoo Kang asserts that the animated film should be added to “the list of 20 movies you’ll desperately wish you could see on the big screen.” Elaborating, the critic notes that the film “occasionally crawls,” but still has “urgency and momentum to spare.” Kang further describes the film as “a kiddie version of The Leftovers” and is an action-packed adventure “streaked with teal and violet whimsies, punctuated by Indiana Jones-style obstacles.” Though there’s a lot to the plot, Kang argues the directors do a good job at conveying the backstory “much more gracefully, through a gorgeous jewel-toned batik- and shadow puppet-inspired sequence that’s a visual highlight of the film.” The critic goes on to say, “Just as impressively, it builds to a deeply moving climax whose resolution is unexpected yet consummate.
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