Fabulous

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2002)

I though Disney was kind of in a rut with its recent features. In fact, I'm not even sure whether I've seen the last couple. But this one was completely new, and wonderful. The animation was compelling, but much more interesting to me was the story, which was about the anger, and the resultant acting out, of two children deprived of their parents. Of course, there are aliens and a monster that gets tamed, battles and lots of jokes, but the subtext was about coming to grips with loss and grief. What a change for animation where you expect a little adventure, maybe a little boy meets girl. Great story, wonderfully well told.