With no trouble at all, you’ll spot elements of The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan and half of the Disney roster.
The expansive backdrops provided by shooting in New Zealand - so many verdant fields and perilous chasms - make Lord of the Rings comparisons inevitable as well.
From there, you can see dollops of whatever your favorite road sagas are with winsome kids and gruff, reluctant guardians, whether it’s Lone Wolf and Cub or Willow or, fittingly, The Road or Mad Max. It’s all packaged from a child’s perspective like a Spielbergian yarn from that moment in the ’80s when the expectations for young-skewing entertainment didn’t necessarily require exclusive juvenile pandering Sweet Tooth is awash in sadness, is occasionally scary and people say “shit” at least three times, if that’s the kind of thing that freaks you out.
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