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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Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
Animation · Family · TV Movie · 2020
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.
Movie details
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing
2020 Animation · Family · TV Movie 46m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.
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 Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing?
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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Cast & crew
Directed by
Steve Evangelatos
Noah Kaye Bentley
Burple (voice)
Brennley Brown
Leyla (voice)
Zach Callison
Winger (voice)
Nicolas Cantu
Dak (voice)
Skai Jackson
Summer (voice)
Marsai Martin
Aggro (voice)
Andre Robinson
Cutter (voice)
Court is in session
Put Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing 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.