Great for the kids, you, not so much.

Rating: 4/10 (22 February 2015)

How To Train Your Dragon. Mega Mind. Contact. Karate Kid. Iron Man. Star Gate. I could go on, but, I bet you're getting where I'm coming from. Great movie for merchandising and franchising purposes, it's got some laughs and the kids will love it. The shame of it is as you're watching, the laughs and cuteness fade quickly and you realize it's just a jigsaw puzzle of ideas, blatantly pilfered from other, better movies. Not to say that hasn't been done before, of course it has and I have seen my fair share of those 'B' movies, except usually they have the name 'Alan Smithee' attached to them and seldom do they get the kind of advertising Big Hero 6 has gotten. Regardless, take the kids to see it, they really will love it but don't be surprised, once things get rolling along, that your jaded adult mind hearkens back, fondly, to those other, better movies, as scene after reminiscent scene unfolds before you.