Onward
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In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
What critics thought
Onward lands as a warm, competently crafted Pixar adventure that most critics found likable and emotionally engaging, but the gap between its press reception and critical enthusiasm is telling — many reviewers praised it while quietly noting it falls short of the studio's best work. The sharpest disagreement is over whether the fantasy premise is inventively used or squandered on a generic road-movie structure.
“Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie—heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious.”
Ben Travis·Empire
“a likable family comedy that finds an easy rhythm without effort”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“It's no Toy Story—but the animation juggernaut's latest, about two elf brothers on a quest, is still worth your while.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The story fluctuates between the uninspired and the just plain weird and then gets even weirder.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
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Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Dan ScanlonDirector
Tom HollandIan Lightfoot (voice)
Chris PrattBarley Lightfoot (voice)
Julia Louis-DreyfusLaurel Lightfoot (voice)
Octavia SpencerThe Manticore (voice)
Mel RodriguezOfficer Colt Bronco (voice)
Kyle BornheimerWilden Lightfoot (voice)
Lena WaitheOfficer Spector (voice)
Ali WongOfficer Gore (voice)
Grey DeLisleDewdrop (voice)
Tracey UllmanGrecklin (voice)
Wilmer ValderramaGaxton (voice)
John RatzenbergerConstruction Worker Fennwick (voice)
Jeff DannaComposer
Mychael DannaComposer
Jason HeadleyWriterFrom the studio
Onward
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
What critics thought
Onward lands as a warm, competently crafted Pixar adventure that most critics found likable and emotionally engaging, but the gap between its press reception and critical enthusiasm is telling — many reviewers praised it while quietly noting it falls short of the studio's best work. The sharpest disagreement is over whether the fantasy premise is inventively used or squandered on a generic road-movie structure.
“Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie—heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious.”
Ben Travis·Empire
“a likable family comedy that finds an easy rhythm without effort”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“It's no Toy Story—but the animation juggernaut's latest, about two elf brothers on a quest, is still worth your while.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“The story fluctuates between the uninspired and the just plain weird and then gets even weirder.”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Dan ScanlonDirectorTom HollandIan Lightfoot (voice)Chris PrattBarley Lightfoot (voice)Julia Louis-DreyfusLaurel Lightfoot (voice)Octavia SpencerThe Manticore (voice)Mel RodriguezOfficer Colt Bronco (voice)Kyle BornheimerWilden Lightfoot (voice)Lena WaitheOfficer Spector (voice)Ali WongOfficer Gore (voice)Grey DeLisleDewdrop (voice)Tracey UllmanGrecklin (voice)Wilmer ValderramaGaxton (voice)John RatzenbergerConstruction Worker Fennwick (voice)Jeff DannaComposerMychael DannaComposerJason HeadleyWriterFrom the studio
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