

Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle calls it "an instant animated classic that expertly balances emotion, humor and social politics amid a backdrop of surreal, eye-popping visual beauty." Eye-popping fantasy Raya and the Last Dragon has a Metacritic score of 75, meaning "generally favorable reviews." (Metacritic is a sister site of CNET.) Instant classic It's a dialogue-free musical short that tells the story of an elderly man named Art and his young-at-heart wife, Dot, who rekindle their zest for life through dance. There's also a short, Us Again, that's scheduled to be released with Raya and the Last Dragon in theaters but apparently won't come to Disney Plus until June 4. If you don't want to fork over the extra $30 but do have Disney Plus, you need to wait until June 4, when the movie will be part of the regular Disney Plus subscription plan. You can then watch the film as many times as you like. If you pay up, you can watch the movie on and in the Disney Plus app on select platforms, including Apple, Google, Amazon and Roku. Disney Plus subscribers must pay an additional $30 for Premier Access to watch the film. Though the movie will be released in some theaters, it's also streaming on Disney Plus - but even subscribers have to pay an extra price for the first month of availability.ĭisney Plus is now streaming Raya and the Last Dragon.

But like the land of Kumandra, our world has changed.

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