“Big Hero 6″ is a story for everyone because it’s a story about everyone.

 

“Frozen” might have to watch out for this amazing revolutionary thought out film. Set in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, Don Hall and Chris Williams’ “Big Hero 6″ reflects the culture of the up and coming generation. Hiro (Ryan Potter) is a biracial child genius, who fails to make use of his intellectual ability – and instead develops a interest for illegal bot battling. With the help of his brother Tadashi, played by asian mega-star Daniel Henney, Hiro becomes convinced to study under the renowned scientist and professor Robert Callaghan (James Cromwell). Unfortunately, Tadashi dies in a fire during the university exhibition and the story becomes about mourning and moving on.

Tadashi’s robot, Baymax, helps to recover Hiro’s devastated emotional state. Along with friends Go Go (Jamie Chung), Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez), and Fred (T.J. Miller), Hiro finds solace in friendship and the plot takes a turn to teach about compassion and friendship.

“Hero 6″ showcases an elevated circumstance in which friendship and belonging can help overpower loneliness and revenge. Hiro and friends become super heroes through their scientific inventions that shows children the capacity of intellect, embracing the nerd in all of us. The lightheartedness implemented in the series of themes in the story is perhaps the most impressive – the movie features a cute oversized marshmallow robot adapting to social conventions and a multicultural cast that all contribute to comedic relief. There exists the familiarity of the qualities of a Pixar movie with the addition of a new, more contemporary context. Adults too, will find this film inspirational and heartwarming as moving on and finding happiness by surrounding oneself with others are universal situations. “Big Hero 6″ will make you re-envision life’s circumstances.

“Big Hero 6″ is now playing in theaters.

-Tristen Yang