This movie is charming, evocative and stylish, but it's also a jumble of ideas that never quite coalesce into a cohesive story so it's hard to settle in and enjoy it. It spends a lot of time setting up Inside Out-style rules and layered metaphors - all of which are a lot of work to get to the message 'appreciate life' - while regularly swerving into classic Pixar grumpy/enthusiastic buddy comedy or slowing down for Ratatouille-style appreciation of jazz or pizza or whatever. Nice enough, I preferred it to Coco, but it's not as good as Inside Out and I probably won't ever be tempted to watch it again.
Rating: Pretty Good.
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