In a plot that would do any Pokemon flick proud . . .

Rating: 9/10 (22 November 2014)

. . . kids build robots to save the world. BIG HIRO SIX plays around with time travel, too, much like INTERSTELLAR. If you have little ones, you may wish to know which movie has more death scenes--BIG HIRO SIX or INTERSTELLAR? When you count presumed off-screen demises, it probably comes out pretty close to a tie. But, since the latter feature is about an hour longer, the wee ones may get more nap time bang-for-your-buck with the space fantasy than they would with this cartoon. Another obvious question is which of these two films feature the most realistic science? Here the answer probably is BIG HIRO SIX, and certainly its assumptions are far less controversial. (Polls prove many if not most Americans think "global warming" is a bogus concept--particularly when New York gets eight feet of snowfall in a couple days--and nothing to worry about; INTERSTELLAR does not have a leg to stand on without this alleged straw Bogie Man.) Though the FEAST short coupled with HIRO's theatrical release is more of a heart-warming and better film on a minute-for-minute basis, HIRO is heroic, too.