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FUN
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how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
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how much it moved you
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Read from 55 comments (48 from Metacritic, 7 from TMDB reviews) — 13 of them described how it moves.
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“It's good fun this, from start to finish.”
CinemaSerf · TMDB reviews ↗
“I cried so much right from the very beginning; it was such a profoundly warm movie.”
famfacat · Metacritic ↗
“I cried so much—I wept all throughout the movie”
famfacat · Metacritic ↗
“For most of its running time, Onward is a loud and loose road trip movie”
drqshadow · Metacritic ↗
“The third act is pretty good with one really great moment”
CarlElmore · Metacritic ↗
“made me shed some tears by the end”
BlairFletcher · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie — heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious.”
Ben Travis, Empire · 100
“The style and tone of writer-director Dan Scanlon’s movie has elements of DreamWorks’ “Shrek” and “How To Train Your Dragon” mixed with the siblings-with-secrets aspects of Disney’s “Frozen.” But Onward is better for the change-up. That stylistic and narrative departure gives us Pixar’s most heartfelt story in years.”
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post · 88
“You expect excellence from Pixar, and excellence is what they deliver in Onward.”
Alan Ng, Film Threat · 85
“It’s colorful and charming, and it’s certainly unique in its story specifics. But it also feels safe, simple, and soft-edged compared to Pixar’s wilder swings for the outfield.”
Tasha Robinson, Polygon · 82
“Beneath the bro-friendly, fantasy-art trappings, Onward finds a little bit of that old Pixar magic.”
Steve Rose, The Guardian · 80
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 25 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“I cried so much right from the very beginning; it was such a profoundly warm movie.”
famfacatabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“I cried so much—I wept all throughout the movie”
famfacatabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“For most of its running time, Onward is a loud and loose road trip movie”
drqshadowabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“The third act is pretty good with one really great moment”
CarlElmoreabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“It's good fun this, from start to finish.”
CinemaSerfabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com I always struggle to find reasons to dislike a Pixar film. One of the most annoying preconceived notions about genres is the one about animated movies. "They're for children, how can you enjoy stuff like that, you're so childish", people say. Little do they know that animated flicks have as much or more emotionally compelling narratives and characters than live-action films. The score is usually ”
Manuel São Bentoread it ↗
“Animation has such an important job. The messages I was talking about earlier are not just intended to teach kids things - we learn from them too. I think that's what made 'Onward' a little disappointing: I didn't come out having learned something new in the context of my adult life. Nonetheless, it's still a lovely allegorical tale that promotes brotherhood, adventure and generosity. Animation's got a big duty of shaping up future generations from a young age, and they can't always deliver the ”
SWITCH.read it ↗
“Onward is a family quest that delights (Boom Bastia!) and pulls at your heartstrings along the unpredictable Path of Peril. There is a delicate balance between tear-jerking moments and comic relief that Pixar and Disney have been known to master throughout many of their films. If you can look past the Pixar and Disney blueprint of the missing family member tragedy you’ll find many successful attempts to modernize the film to relate to many ages and families. Read the full review at FeaturedA”
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