After the major success of “Frozen,” expectations were high for Disney’s latest animated film, “Big Hero 6,” based off the Marvel comic book of the same name. The final product is a perfectly serviceable film that, while enjoyable, is absolutely packed with problems that keep it from being another brilliant film from Disney.

The film follows a boy named Hiro who, after experiencing a tragedy in typical Disney fashion, forms a “superhero” team with four friends and an extremely endearing robot named Baymax. Together, they try to stop an evil masked man who steals one of Hiro’s inventions with the intention of using it for evil. It’s not the most creative plot in the world, but it does its job of getting these six characters together very well.
Out of the entire team, the only two who are ever really given any development are Hiro and Baymax. The rest of the characters, while fun to watch, are really just taking up space. I like the characters and their funny quirks, but it feels like they’re made slightly irrelevant even though they’re supposed to be part of the main experience.

The villain is given extremely interesting motivations, but they aren’t explored until the film is almost over and these intentions end up feeling like an afterthought on the part of the writers. Still, he’s the strongest part of the film, and he’s easily one of the most interesting Disney villains of all time.

The film features many attempts at humor, but 75 percent of the time, it just falls flat. There are a few jokes that are genuinely funny, but they come off as if the writers are going completely out of their way to kill every single one and beat it into the ground. Many of these jokes are the equivalent to that annoying kid at the lunch table who repeats the exact same joke. It’s way too self-indulgent in terms of humor.
The voice acting is, unsurprisingly, brilliant. Every single actor seems to suit their respective character perfectly. The real show-stopper here is probably Daniel Henney as Tadashi, Hiro’s older brother. He’s not in the film very much, but he’s got a distinctive voice that definitely works as the authority figure of the film.

Also, praise must be given to Scott Adsit as Baymax for somehow bringing a ton of personality into the role of an emotionless robot and Genesis Rodriguez for making the extremely hyper Honey Lemon an extremely fun and endearing character.

Being a Disney film, the animation here is absolutely stunning. Being another computer generated animation (CGI) film, I was worried it would be repeating the mistakes of “Frozen,” where half the characters looked just like characters from “Tangled,” but it looks like my fears were unnecessary because these character models are absolutely beautiful. They all feel distinct from any other Disney characters with nice little touches that we’ve not seen from Disney before. Baymax specifically is a visual marvel, with so many tiny little details all over his red armor.
While we don’t really get a chance to fully explore the world this film takes place in, it’s all colorful and happy while still looking very realistic for a futuristic city(or a Disney film, for that matter). The two major flying scenes in particular are absolutely incredible and make the whole film worth watching.

“Big Hero 6” is definitely a good film, but I don’t see too many people finding the same level of enjoyment out of it that they got from “Tangled,” “Wreck-it Ralph,” and, to a certain extent, “Frozen” thanks to several storytelling problems that could’ve been easily corrected.
The missteps made in this film are amplified thanks to the heavy amount of polish that previous Disney films have. “Big Hero 6” tells an extremely engaging, but noticeably flawed, story. If you’re OK with some characters not getting any development and a silly, fairy-tale ending, I think you’ll have a fun time. Visually, it’s one of Disney’s greatest achievements, and, flaws aside, it tells an engaging story that anyone can enjoy.

I give “Big Hero 6” an eight out of 10.