Rene

Watched this with ebaths last week, and it was very entertaining. I was expecting more of a cash grab, but I felt a lot of love and thought had been put into the movie. Great animation with some stand out moments, great soundtrack, laughs throughout (important!!), an overall effective message, and very pleasantly female-centric on top of it all! I enjoyed myself and have been returning to the soundtrack since finishing.

That being said, it's not so impressive that I would normally be writing a post about it, but there were several elements that kept me thinking about it. Mostly in terms of what they didn't do. The core message (basically "self-acceptance and the ability to confide in others are important parts of life") is very effective, but it seems like it was supposed to be part of something more complex that got cut. Some parts of the movie really left me scratching my head..... personally I'm OK with this since I see it as a purely "for fun and entertainment" movie rather than something with deep literary value, but still. I have Thoughts... here they come!

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