For me, this had everything

Rating: 9/10 (6 February 2015)

Precocious genius Hiro, at the behest of his big brother Tadashi, auditions his minibot invention for a place on an educational science programme. There is an explosion and Tadashi is killed. Discovering the personal health companion robot Baymax invented by Tadashi, Hiro starts investigating the suspicious circumstances of the fire, helped by Tadashi's work colleagues.
Disney, CGI, based on a comic, heroic goings-on – I know I was going to enjoy this before I went through the doors. What I didn't realise was that it is a super-hero origin story (or, rather, a super-team origin story). And, for me, it had everything – great characters, emotional depth, and terrific action. It had heart – something I always love in a film - genuine jeopardy, and a sense of joy in its super-heroics that last year's drab, depressing Man Of Steel couldn't even sniff at.
Oh, and it's very funny, too.
And I was delighted to see that a flyover of the animated city of San Fransokyo clearly showed the small beach where I paddled last year on a holiday which took in San Francisco.
Highly Recommended.