"Who is in charge of programming down there?"

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2017)

I've never seen this before on IMDb - the first nine comments on the 'Best' reviews are the very same ones that come up on the 'Hated It' page. They utilize the words worst, boring, overrated, very boring, terrible, leave the theater, over simplified, and missed the point to describe the picture.
So maybe there's some hope out there. My point being that the present day emphasis, especially on college campuses, seems to be about 'feelings' and a failure to effectively engage with reality. Anything considered negative is to be shunned or discriminated against, with alternative points of view to be banned outright. Sorry, but this leads to the next generation that can't effectively cope when things don't go their way. It's best exemplified in the movie when one of the characters proclaims "Medals! Ribbons! Everyone's a winner!" In my book, when everyone's a winner, no one is.
But the thing is, the picture is wrapped up in all these pretty colors and it's easy to get lost in the sentimentality that goes with Goofball, Friendship and Imagination Islands. I actually thought all those memory towers were pretty cool looking with the myriads of bright colored balls representing past events. There's even some creativity involved with things like the Train of Thought (going all over the place), and the Islands of Personality.
But over all, I didn't get a sense of a positive message coming out of this picture for young kids, which I presume is the target audience. Instead of learning how to cope in a new environment, Riley and her parents gave up and went back home to Minnesota instead of toughing it out for success in San Francisco. I guess they felt it was the right thing to do.