Big Hero 6 (2014)

Movie · 2014 · Adventure, Family, Animation, Action, Comedy · 1h 42m · PG · English

Curator score: 7.2/10 (2.3M ratings)

Drop everything. Save the world.

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.

Ratings

Director

Chris Williams, Don Hall

Production

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Cast

Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk, Maya Rudolph, Abraham Benrubi, Katie Lowes, Billy Bush, Daniel Gerson, Paul Briggs, Charlie Adler, Marcella Lentz-Pope, David Shaughnessy, Cam Clarke, Nicholas Guest

Where to watch

Disney Plus, fuboTV

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

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Topics

animated superhero, family adventure, buddy comedy, coming-of-age, found family, grief, tech sci-fi, heartfelt, action-comedy, Disney

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