Similarly for Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times, "Onward" had an intriguing and promising premise, but didn't quite flesh out story in an inspired way.
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Read the full review from the Boston Globe. How ironic that the Pixar film about magic turns out to be the least magical of all."īurr gave the film two-out-of-four stars. What they won't do, most likely, is remember 'Onward' after a week or two, and that is a sea change. "They'll have a perfectly nice time, and maybe the boys will stop giving each other noogies for a bit. "Should you take the kids? Of course," Burr wrote. Lightfoot, the mobile pair of trousers, who totters and bobbles around each scene. Burr noted that the funniest piece of the "Onward" was the slapstick moments that involved Mr. While the film is a bit forgettable when compared to Pixar's litany of accolade-adorned movies, it's still fun. Still, the animated feature is worth the trip to the cinema, he said. Read the full review from The Washington Post.īurr criticized "Onward" for "lacking in the Pixar touch - that extra oomph of wit, invention, creative craziness, darkness, depth of feeling, whatever, that makes the company's products among the very few items manufactured for children in our sold-out popular culture to not feel like products." Page-Kirby gave the film three stars out of four. "And yet, even though it starts with hesitant steps and hits some roadblocks along the way, 'Onward' is ultimately a trip worth taking." "'Onward's' biggest handicap may, ironically, be its pedigree, which means that it will inevitably be compared with some of the greatest animated films - some of the greatest films, period - of modern cinema," Page-Kirby wrote. However, as the film moves along, moviegoers will begin to care more about the characters and their journey. That wasn't lost on Page-Kirby of The Washington Post, who said Ian and Barley Lightfoot "are tropes, not fully formed characters."Įven the first half hour of the film seems bogged down and generic. Holland portrays a nervous Peter Parker type and Pratt seems to be just another variant of his slightly oafish character Andy from "Parks and Recreation." It's clear that the Disney -owned Pixar typecast its two lead actors, Holland and Pratt. Here's a rundown of what critics have said of "Onward" ahead of its March 6 opening: Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Still, some of Pixar's classics like "Monsters Inc," "Toy Story," "Ratatouille" and "Up" all debuted under $70 million. "Onward" is currently expected to bring in around $45 million during its domestic opening, which would be among the lowest openings for a Pixar film in the company's history. "But judging it on its own merits, it's an often funny, genuinely moving story that takes enough twists along the way that the quest becomes a suspenseful journey." "Look, 'Onward' isn't even close to top-shelf Pixar," Kristen Page-Kirby, wrote in her review of the film for The Washington Post. Still, the overwhelming sentiment from critics is that the film is worth the price of an admission ticket. "'Onward' is the first that feels like it could have been made by any other animation studio."
"There have been lesser Pixar movies before: 'Monsters University,' 'Incredibles 2,' the entire run of 'Cars," Burr wrote. The biggest gripes from critics included the film's "cookie-cutter story line" and that the film felt like a knock-off Pixar movie.
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