How did this get made?

I don't get it. It's just a series of CGI environments and characters just move around these worlds with zero reasons why they are doing anything or why they are going from A to B. The "Mrses" babble random things, the brother, sister and other people go on about how much they love each other and that's the whole movie.

There is no coherent narrative structure, no goal or obstacle to overcome, just going from one computer generated fantasy world to another.

The only part that worked was in the beginning when the main character missed her father. As soon as they started teleporting around the movie totally fell apart.

How could so many Hollywood people involved in this project not insist this be totally reworked or simply scrapped?'

I know this is a movie aimed at children, but that doesn't mean it can't be good for adults as well. A few years ago, I got a blu-ray of a movie from MY childhood that I saw when it came out in the theaters: The Dark Crystal. Not only did the visuals hold up incredibly well (and are far superior to this film) but the story is coherent and it's simpy a superb film. For kids.

I didn't know much about the film coming into it. I certainly want more female directors in Hollywood (I really liked Lady Bird one of my favorite films of the past year) and more diversity, but the movie has to be a good movie as well. This was almost unwatchable.