Miguel finally gets his great-grandmother to smile by playing a song for her. He can only see his dad and Barley through small cracks in the rocks, and watching him struggle to accept that he will never meet his father after the great sacrifice he made is utterly devastating. With the help of his mom, Ian defeats the stone dragon and is left injured at the bottom of a pile of rubble as his dad's resurrection is completed. This powerful moment between brothers is enough to bring anyone to tears, but the battle isn't over yet. In a moment of true love for his brother, Ian stays behind to fight off the dragon so Barley can finish bringing back their dad and finally say goodbye to him, thus giving up his own chance. Barley, on the other hand, never got to say goodbye and it's weighed on his heart for years. Time is quickly running out - and Ian realizes that even though he misses his dad and never got to meet him, he always had Barley as a father figure to look up to.
He also accidentally activates a curse that awakens a massive stone dragon. He immediately regrets what he's done, but by the time he finds Barley to make amends, his brother has located the Phoenix Gem that will bring back the rest of their father. As the journey continues unsuccessfully, Ian panics and says some hurtful things to his brother. The two manage to bring back just the bottom half of their dad, but time is ticking and obstacles keep getting in their way. Pixar's latest film, "Onward" follows Ian Lightfoot and his older brother, Barley, as they complete an epic quest to bring their late father back to life for just one day. In the end, Ian does everything he can to make sure his brother can see their dad. Instead, she reaches her trunk through the bars and cradles Dumbo for a few sweet minutes, knowing that it may be the last time she ever gets to rock him to sleep.Īnd if that's not sad enough, the scene continues to show cutaways to other animal mothers embracing their young under the moonlight while a haunting rendition of the song "Baby Mine" by Bette Midler plays in the background. "Dumbo" tells the story of a circus elephant whose unusually large ears make him the subject of harsh ridicule from both the fellow animals and the human ringmasters.Īlthough the entire film is filled with uncomfortably sad moments - including when they dress Dumbo up in clown makeup and forced him to humiliate himself in front of the crowds - the most heart-wrenching scene occurs when the titular character visits his mother, Jumbo, after she's been locked in a carriage that's being transported to another facility.īecause Jumbo is bound by shackles, it's impossible for her to move close enough to the window for a face-to-face moment with her baby.
Dumbo has to see his mother shackled in chains.