A bright, emotionally sincere superhero adventure with a strong comic heart, memorable action, and a standout companion character in Baymax. It’s especially appealing if you want a family-friendly story that balances grief, friendship, invention, and crowd-pleasing spectacle.
Big Hero 6
Where to watch: Buy
Movie · Adventure · Family
Fri · 1h 42m
Director: Chris Williams, Don Hall
Starring: Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney
Overview
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Director
Chris Williams, Don Hall
Cast
Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney
Curator Review
Verdict
A bright, emotionally sincere superhero adventure with a strong comic heart, memorable action, and a standout companion character in Baymax. It’s especially appealing if you want a family-friendly story that balances grief, friendship, invention, and crowd-pleasing spectacle.
Best for
families and younger viewers
fans of superhero origin stories
viewers who like heartfelt buddy comedies
people who enjoy colorful animated action
audiences looking for an emotional but accessible Disney adventure
Skip if
you want a more complex or subversive superhero film
you dislike broad comedy or sentimental storytelling
you prefer animation with a rougher or more stylized edge
you are looking for a plot that stays especially surprising
Overview
Big Hero 6 works because it treats its emotional core seriously while still delivering the easy pleasures of a glossy studio adventure. The bond between Hiro and Baymax gives the movie real warmth, and the ensemble around them adds enough personality to keep the momentum lively even when the story follows familiar superhero beats.
Worth noting
The action is clean, colorful, and easy to follow, with a playful sci-fi setting that feels inviting rather than intimidating. It’s also one of those animated films that can function as both a kid-friendly adventure and a gentle tearjerker, which helps explain why it has remained so widely loved.
Bottom line
If you’re in the mood for something uplifting, funny, and sincere, this is an easy recommendation. It may not reinvent the genre, but it delivers a polished, emotionally satisfying version of the modern origin-story formula.
Top Letterboxd reviews
shannon (4.5★) · 6339 likes
tadashi is really hot (no pun intended)
•lily• (5★) · 3982 likes
Feel like shit, just wish Baymax was real so I could hug him 😔
rach (5★) · 3020 likes
when wasabi said “do you people know what the word quarantine means?” i felt that
alor (4.5★) · 2971 likes
Please excuse me while i pack my bags and move to San Fransokyo
sarah (5★) · 2667 likes
everyone in this movie is part of the lgbtq+ community
Themes
found family, grief and healing, superhero origin story, friendship, technology and invention, coming of age, teamwork, urban sci-fi
Topics
animated superhero, family adventure, buddy comedy, coming-of-age, found family, grief, tech sci-fi, heartfelt, action-comedy, Disney