Friendship with Jesus and with each other – the inspiration of animated film Forgotten Island
By 
Charles Merritt2026-10-24T11:25:00
Age rating: PG
Runtime: 108 minutes
See this if you liked: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish; KPop Demon Hunters
Synopsis:
Two best friends are transported to a magical realm that they’d spent their lives dreaming about, only to find that getting home will require them to sacrifice all of their memories of one another.
Review:
DreamWorks have always been hit or miss for me, but over the past few years they’ve released some incredible films. The first to blow me away was Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and then it was The Wild Robot. Now, here comes Forgotten Island to create a hat-trick.
Forgotten Island is from the same creative team as Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and they haven’t lost their touch.
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