


Awkwafina sounds adorable as the dragon Sisu. Kelly Marie Tran‘s voice acting breathes life into Raya fantastically. The story falls short of having enough elements to make it a great movie on its own such as a complete arc for some of the characters but the film still manages to watchable. I haven’t been caught up with all the Disney animated films of the past decade but seeing how great the action was here left me impressed with the stuff they’ve been serving kids these past few years. And like a handful of these animated Disney movies, this one has tremendous action. It has all you need in a Disney movie stellar animation, a color palette that’s bursting, cutesy characters, and moments of warmth to boot. "there's both the humor and she had us on the floor laughing during the recording session but also the courage to be vulnerable and bring the emotion.Approaching Raya and the Last Dragon as a movie and not a benchmark for Asian representation in big media, it’s mostly just okay. "You start hearing Awkwafina as Sisu and you know we're going down the right path," Shurer said. The incredible, dream voice cast is made up of all Asian-Americans. "You look around at the world and you see that people are using our differences as a way to divide rather than to come together to embrace it," said producer Osnat Shurer.

RELATED: 'Raya and the Last Dragon' features 1st Southeast Asian princess "there are not that many Hollywood movies with a really meaningful female friendship at its heart - at its core." "Early on there was always the idea of a strong female protagonist and the female dragon," said screenwriter, Adele Kim. Now, a fearless young woman is determined to save her people and even her enemies. RELATED: Disney's 'Raya the Last Dragon' director shares inspiration behind making the movie Some of the filmmakers who created the daring screen adventure talk about the timely message of unity after a mystical place where families and dragons once lived in harmony is shattered. Some of the filmmakers who created the daring screen adventure talk about the timely message of unity.ĬHICAGO - "Raya and the Last Dragon" is gearing up to be a mega-hit with sheroes leading the charge!
