I need to change my age on the game

After seeing a panel with the creators of this “experience“ at an industry event, I was really looking forward to watching this with my kids. I had been wondering why I hadn’t heard anything about it, as we are total Disney+ junkies, but I wonder no more. It’s really poorly executed. It’s too short. The dialogue is insufferable. The pint-size star— a non-actress and apparently the neighbor of the executive producer— can’t act and is generally annoying to watch. It doesn’t even look cinematic in any way. It was shot on a volume and it shows… and not in a good way. The LD & DP must both have also been the producer’s neighbors because there’s nothing at all believable about the environment. All of this wouldn’t matter, though, if the AR bit was engaging in any way— this being a glorified tech demo and all— but it’s just not. For about 30 seconds, a waterfall comes out of your TV and empties into a pond, which at various times looked like it was on my floor or my ottoman depending on whether I stood up or not. This effect wasn’t particularly beautiful, it wasn’t interactive and it was incredibly, frustratingly brief. I feel like this film, and the AR gimmick within, were originally intended to be longer and the producers slashed it to bits after losing faith in the production team. I think that was probably a good decision. I mean… This thing has Brie Larson in it! How do you make Brie Larson unlikable? I’ll tell you how — you give her no direction, that’s how. What a waste. 🤦🏻‍♂️

If you read the first one star review you probably know what I’m going through Disney. Please fix this

I’m hoping as time goes on, this will get even better. I was disappointed to see it was only one scene. I did take someone’s advice and “walk around” which did make it a better experience. Good concept, but definitely needs more.

I no longer love Disney like I used to - Their recent “attempts”(?) at bringing us more together is only resulting in further division. That said, this was still so cool that it gave me chills. Can’t believe that this app only has 3.6 stars at present. While I will admit - in hindsight - that it was a bit weird to have to download an app that was only used for one scene in the film; it’s worth remembering that said film is also only eight minutes long.

The app is lightweight, easy to use and the experience is beautiful! The future is looking magical.

Thanks for continue made this kind of short films. Im male 40 years old and was incredible the story i got to confess i was emotional. And the 3d experience was grate thanks again.

This video as well as the app is extremely enigmatic. what they don’t tell you is that the experience does not last the whole of the eight minute short, it’s just for one 30 second scene. Therefore you’ll spend more time downloading and installing this app then actually watching the AR animation it creates.

I know a lot of kids and families without IPhones

The short is lame and this “ar” app is even more lame.