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AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon (2021)
Nothing special, mostly boring
The good stuff?
It looks quite pretty. The forest, especially at night, looks beautiful, and animated characters mostly do what they're supposed to. It's not Disney or Pixar quality, but it's not terrible.
Now for the bad.
The story is bland, unoriginal and blatantly steals elements from other, much bigger properties. The characters are unlikable, unsympathetic, and do stupid things for no reason other than driving the plot forward. The sidekick characters are just discount Timon and Pumbaa, except with none of the charm or comedy. The editing is really weird, going from scene to scene with no logical progression of how we got there, which makes it confusing and frustrating to watch.
Perhaps most disappointingly, for a supposedly strong and independent female character, Ainbo really does nothing the whole movie. She makes no decisions for herself; others make them for her, or she only acts when she is forced into a situation where what she does is the only action left to her.
I watched this with a group of kids, and even they were bored by it. Avoid this movie. Nothing in it makes it worth your time.