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SDG Reviews ‘Luca’: A Sweet Film Burdened by Tiresome Tropes

‘Luca’ is the latest Disney/Pixar fare.

Echoes of Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki are largely obscured by Disney/Pixar’s abiding obsessions with parables of intolerance and enlightenment, bullying bad guys, and ‘Junior Knows Best’ stories of narrow-minded parental rules and youthful defiance leading to social breakthrough.