‘Lucy Lost’ Review: A Winsome Family Animation With Welcome Narrative Complexity

July 1, 2026 Variety

From the blockbuster stage and screen iterations of “War Horse” to the underseen “When the Whales Came” to the recent, BAFTA-winning “Kensuke’s Kingdom,” the books of English author Michael Morpurgo have reliably made for sturdy, literate family films of a comfortingly old-fashioned stripe. That streak continues with “Lucy Lost.” A handsome and emotionally involving wartime […]