This seemed like standard kids fare with a cute star, a talking goat as a sidekick, an evil overlord and lots of bright, glittery effects. However, it had a depth to its themes that many Disney movies don't.

Obvious themes: Greed is bad. Believe in yourself and chase your own dreams rather than hoping someone else will make them come true. Mushrooms are cute.

Intermediate theme: A political interpretation could be to fight against a fear-based society and its leader(s).

When Asha sees the overt injustice of her king keeping all the citizens wishes locked in his tower, she convinces a group of her friends and forms a revolutionary force to overthrow the king and return the wishes to their owners.

Unfortunately, Disney is not brave enough to have the king call the resistance force terrorists so as to mimic the powerful in today's society. But the undertones are there: an incredibly powerful force (the warlock king) traps people's wishes (metaphorically seen as the people themselves). When the king fears an imagined power challenging him, he begins increasing his power over the populace by "murdering" them (causing the specifically mentioned feeling of grief). This causes a group of freedom fighters to rise up against this oppressive force.

There are numerous instances throughout history that this could relate to, including two happening right now.

While I like that there is depth to this film, it is unfortunate that many of the citizens are shown to be not very bright. Like, a lot of them. Most of the secondary characters are simply led from one situation to the next and add little to nothing to the film. This could be ignored if the humorous moments landed, but few did. There was cuteness but not much else.

Overall, a decent kids' film, but, despite the thematic intricacies, it was just a kids' film. It didn't ascend to being a family film like Up, Inside Out or My Neighbour Totoro.