Given the ponderous shroud of secrecy draped over
the film by the house of mouse, I went in with only one solid expectation:
Fun. Bird's past features THE IRON GIANT and THE INCREDIBLES are among my
favorite animated films of all time, and both demonstrate the director's
ability to create smart, heartfelt, visually audacious science fiction. While
TOMORROWLAND is certainly a thoughtful, ambitious, and occasionally thrilling
project, it never realizes the joyful promise - and graceful simplicity - of
retro-futuristic skyscrapers glittering against an open sky.
