Film Review: ‘Big Hero 6’ is Sorely Lacking the Charm Component

CHICAGO – “Big Hero 6” is a dark revenge thriller masquerading as a kids movie. Walt Disney Studios takes a few pages from its corporate cousin Marvel, while creating this new animated adventure. It has its moments, but not quite enough of them to make this anything more than a minor entry in the Disney legacy.  

Rating: 2.5/5.0

The story centers on a 13-year-old robotics whiz named Hiro (voiced by Ryan Potter) who has been devoting his time to the shadowy world of underground robot battles – ‘bot fighting – instead of going to college.  At times it suggests a slightly better animated version of the justly forgotten Hugh Jackman robot fighting movie “Real Steel,” with a less annoying protagonist.

But ‘bot fighting soon gives way to the halls of higher learning after his older brother shows off a robot he’s been working on at his Stanford type school. He introduces Hiro to the well respected head of the Robotics department and Hiro devotes his attentions to winning a competition to get accepted.   

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Stay Puffy: The Title Character in ‘Big Hero 6’
Photo credit: Walt Disney Studios

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