Elio 2025
It seems like this latest movie from Pixar has gotten more attention for its terrible box office performance than for whether or not it is a good movie. The good news is that a lot of critics have received the movie pretty well, and for me the movie hits all the right buttons. It won't be up everybody's alley since it is pretty strongly science fiction and the protagonist of the movie is a boy. Despite some good humor and generally being pretty light the movie isn't a big comedy, but it is interesting and delivers a strong emotional wallop without being overly manipulative. It is is also not afraid to be intelligent. To me, this is classic Pixar. They even threw in a song by one of my all time favorite groups, Talking Heads. Also, I saw the movie in 3D, despite being disappointed by How to Train Your Dragon's 3D effects and because this is made by the masters of 3D animation, it really works here and I would think would be worth the upgrade for most people.
Written: 30 Jun 2025
Owned on: Digital