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Onward is a wonderful, complex story that will leave you in a puddle of Pixar tears NewsColony CLEARLY aimed at a younger audience than, say, Toy Story and Up, this fantasy quest from Pixar lacks their depth but more than makes up for it in heart. Ian and Barley Lightfoot (Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, respectively) are elf brothers in a fantasy world where magic was once an everyday skill. 3 Pixar’s latest offering Onward is aimed at a very young audience but is full of heart Credit: AP:Associated Press On Ian’s 16th birthday, he receives a gift set aside for him by his father, who died before Ian was born. It is a magic staff that can bring his dad back to life for 24 hours so they can finally meet. The spell goes wrong, however, leaving only his father’s legs resurrected. So the brothers go on a quest against the clock to get the rest of him back. This has more in common with Pixar’s Zootropolis than a Monsters, Inc — and is likely to appeal most to viewers under 12. ...