Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon.”Hollywood loves a scaly scamp. There’s “Game of Thrones,” “Dragonheart,” “Pete’s Dragon,” the much better 2016 remake of “Pete’s Dragon” and the gold standard of fire-breathers, “How To Train Your Dragon,” one of the best CGI family films ever made.There’s something so whimsical about a pet that can destroy all your enemies without lifting a claw.“Raya,” which has a lot going for it, is not as emotionally involving as any of those other films or TV shows.
The title princess, Disney’s first Southeast Asian one, doesn’t bring on the tears during her moments of triumph, and the story gets lost in a geo-political struggle of feuding nations that tries too hard to be relevant.
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