The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia
Animation · Fantasy · Adventure · 2022
Mia discovers her magic stone is part of an ancient prophecy and embarks on a thrilling journey to the farthest islands of Centopia to face a great evil, and shape her own destiny.
Movie details
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia
2022 Animation · Fantasy · Adventure 1h 22m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.0 / 10
1.4K votes
TMDB
6.7 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Mia discovers her magic stone is part of an ancient prophecy and embarks on a thrilling journey to the farthest islands of Centopia to face a great evil, and shape her own destiny.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Matthias Temmermans · Adam Gunn
Written by
Fin Edquist · Tess Meyer · Gerhard Hahn
Julian Maroun
Nino (voice)
B
Bettina Kenney
(voice)
Margot Nuccetelli
Mia (voice)
E
Elisa Boyd
Mother of Mia (voice)
James Dyke
Mo (voice)
V
Vivien Battley
Young Mia (voice)
D
Dave Willetts
(voice)
Court is in session
Put Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.