"Once upon a time, Pixar had the kind of winning streak that most companies could only dream of. The studio didn't just maintain a robust production line that won over both critics and crowds, they also managed to change our concept of what animation could achieve as an art form. Radically expansive visuals were matched with surprising, weighty ideas, conjuring the kind of magic that had been largely absent from Disney's output in the years prior."
"It's hard not to see Netflix's pre-Thanksgiving adventure In Your Dreams as an attempt to fill the gap both visually and thematically, the film sticking closely to the Pixar playbook. It's not up to their one-time standard, but it's more engaging than the average streaming cartoon and a damn sight better than what Netflix gave us last year, the remarkably ugly Spellbound which tried and miserably failed to give us a Disney princess copycat."
Pixar once combined radical visuals with weighty ideas to redefine animation and win critics and audiences. The studio's decline began before Covid, marked by growing reliance on sequels and fewer originals, with middling releases like Onward and disappointing recent entries such as Elio. Inside Out 2 stands out, but the upcoming slate remains sequel-heavy. Netflix's In Your Dreams attempts to occupy the space Pixar left, borrowing the studio's emotional-quest playbook. The film is not Pixar at its peak but proves more engaging than typical streaming animation and outperforms last year's Spellbound. The story centers on children grappling with parental marital strain.
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