The oversized and awkward, cute and caring Baymax could easily be the preferred stocking stuffing this Christmas.

| Aug 5, 2019

What you might not have heard before is the way this film laces that basic story with beautiful themes that push back against some of the assumptions of the genre.

| Sep 26, 2016

The film deals in a subtle and moving way with grief and teenage anxiety while serving up all the thrills of a big-budget animated movie with superhero protagonists.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2015

An origins story ripe with innocence and loss, this anime-inflected treat harks back to Disney's big-hearted heritage even as it looks forward towards new worlds of innovation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2015

It makes for an entertaining spectacle, though less interesting than the one we started out with.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 29, 2015

The Scooby-Doo-ish central plot is forgivable in a movie with so much visual verve, energetic action and a character so wondrously designed as Baymax.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2015

On the high-quality scale set by the Disney animated features in their latest Renaissance, this one doesn't quite measure up. But Big Hero 6 is sure to entertain millions of smart kids and their escort parents.

| Jan 5, 2015

It's not as lovely as Pixar's best, or remotely as complex in its storytelling, but it makes for a refreshingly simple intro course on modern superhero-movie tropes.

| Jan 5, 2015

Kids will leave the theater wanting their own Baymax, and who can blame them? It's the rest of the "Heroes" that don't measure up; the robot full of air is the most real thing in the movie.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 5, 2015

It's easier to like this movie because of the casual, low stakes of the enterprise.

| Jan 5, 2015

Big Hero 6, the first Marvel comic book to get a Walt Disney makeover, is a beguiling kids movie. It is also a beauty to behold for its skillful digital animation in 3D.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 5, 2015

The team behind Big Hero 6 clearly have good intentions, as well as being the smoothest operators around.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 5, 2015

Big Hero 6 offers something for everyone: action, camaraderie, superheroes and villains. But mostly, Baymax offers a compassionate and healing voice for those suffering, and a hug that can be felt through the screen.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 7, 2014

Big Hero 6 celebrates nerd culture. And not merely the pop-culture- obsessed version (comic books) but the let's-invent-something-cool kind. Hey, kids, this PG flick asserts, it's good be taken with technology, crushed out on code, wowed by chemistry.

Full Review | Nov 7, 2014

The breakthrough star of the season is here. His name is Baymax and he's impossible not to love. The 3-D animated Big Hero 6 would be a ton less fun without this irresistible blob of roly-poly, robot charisma.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 7, 2014

'Big Hero 6'... a unique blending of savvy Disney storytelling, cutting-edge action and eye-fulfilling scenery.

| Nov 7, 2014

Big Hero 6's considerable graces as an animated film-its fantastical layouts and bouncy sense of figure and motion-are offset by its deficiencies as a second-rate superhero flick.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 7, 2014

At times, Big Hero 6 gets a little too noisy for its own good, but that never manages to drown out its many quieter charms.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 7, 2014

Big Hero 6 qualifies as a better-than-average kids' movie with enough cross-generational appeal to make it a fine choice for a family weekend matinee.

| Nov 7, 2014

It's more emotionally sophisticated, dealing with themes of grief and finding your place in the world that are more grounded than the high-flying adventures they're surrounded by would have you expect.

| Nov 7, 2014