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Quest for a Miracle Photo: Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
How far would you go for one day with a departed loved one? by Diane Stark
In Onward, elf brothers Barley (left) and Ian Lightfoot are on a quest to restore the top half of their dearly departed dad
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nward, Disney-Pixar’s newest computer-animated film, is set in a magical world full of mythical creatures such as unicorns, cyclops and mermaids. Except … no one believes in magic anymore. Though their world is magic, the inhabitants are losing their belief in it. Now, flying horses board airplanes instead of using their wings and fire-breathing dragons have gas fireplaces. Just One More Day But all of that changes for two teenaged elf brothers, Ian Lightfoot
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(voiced by Tom Holland) and his older brother, Barley (Chris Pratt). On his 16th birthday, Ian’s mother, Laurel (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), gives him a prearranged gift left by their father who died before Ian was born—“He wanted to meet you more than anything”—and Barley was too young to remember him. The gift is a wizard’s staff that has the power to bring their dad back to life for just one day. Ian casts a spell, and it works! Kind of …. It only brings back the bottom half of their dad. Now the brothers have just 24
