Before the coronavirus pandemic took hold of our society and shut down movie theaters around the globe, “Onward” was one of the last feature films to be released. Pixar’s 22nd feature film was able to bring in a respectable $104 million in worldwide ticket sales ($61 domestically) before Covid-19 deemed going out to movie theaters a thing of the past. As of Friday, April 3, Disney Plus subscribers in the Us and Canada can stream “Onward” for free — and trust me when I say it’s the perfect family film for these trying times.

This mythical story about the descendants of medieval beings centers around elf brothers Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland) and Barley Lightfoot (Chris Pratt). The boys don’t have much in common, as Ian suffers from a lack of self-confidence and Barley is obsessed with mythical quests. When their mother Laurel Lightfoot (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) finds a package from the boys’ deceased father,...