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\"\"Encanto <\/strong>(2021)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disney\/Fantasy-Adventure-Comedy-Musical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 99 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (some thematic elements and mild peril)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Byron Howard and Jared Bush (co-directed by Charise Castro Smith)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Germaine Franco (songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda)\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Nathan Warner (layout) and Alessandro Jacomini (lighting)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: November 24, 2021 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, Maria Cecilia Botero, Dianne Guerrero, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Wilmer Valderrama, Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Ravi-Cabot Conyers, Maluma, Alan Tudyk.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $96.1M (US)\/$256.5M (World)<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0Another holiday season is upon us and with it comes the latest animated offering from Disney. This year it\u2019s Encanto<\/strong>, a colorful magical realist tale that celebrates Colombian culture and all of its beauty. It\u2019s nice to see diversity in a world that was predominantly white for its first 60 or so years. Inclusivity is one of the most important lessons children (and some adults) should learn these days.<\/p>\n

Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush (Zootopia), with an assist from playwright Charise Castro Smith, the enchanting Encanto<\/strong> is standard Disney fare featuring a young, misunderstood heroine who feels like she doesn\u2019t fit in. You see, Mirabel (Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) is the only member of the Madrigal family not gifted with special powers. She has relatives who can control weather, create flowers, shapeshift, hear the slightest sounds and talk to animals. She has no abilities and it makes her an outcast, especially in the eyes of family matriarch Abuela (Botero) who never has an encouraging word for the girl.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The whole Madrigal family lives together in a sentient house (\u201cCasita\u201d) with magical doorways to rooms specifically designed for their occupants. All the power of Casita comes from an enchanted candle obtained by Abuela after a major tragedy that occurs while she and her family flee from their homeland. Now, 50 years later, the magic appears to be dying. Mirabel is the first to notice something\u2019s wrong, but everybody dismisses her concerns as more of her foolishness. Determined to prove she\u2019s just as special as the rest of them, she sets out to find the cause of the disturbance and fix the problem.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In order to save her family and home, Mirabel will need the help of her Uncle Bruno (Leguizamo, Ice Age), an eccentric type ostracized from the family for his ability to see into the future. His visions weren\u2019t always what they wanted to hear. In his room, she finds evidence of a vision indicating she might be the cause of the impending disaster. What\u2019s a girl without powers to do?<\/p>\n

\u00a0First things first, Encanto<\/strong> does NOT need to be seen in 3D. I saw it that way only out of convenience. It has a few neat effects, but it\u2019s not worth the extra $4, especially with the already high cost of admission. That being said, the movie has some great visuals. The animation, rich and vibrant, is spot-on as usual for Disney. The design of the house is cool with the moving floorboards and doorways to other worlds. The characters look great too. Mirabel isn\u2019t a perfect beauty like many a Disney princess of old. She wears glasses and is socially awkward. It makes her an ideal heroine, one that most girls can more readily identify with.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The voice talents, especially Beatriz, do a fine job. Leguizamo adds nice comic relief as the oddball uncle who still cares about his family despite how they exclude him to the point of not even saying his name out loud. Encanto <\/strong>has a good amount of humor (the animals are fun), but it has its dramatic side too. The tragedy that brings about the family\u2019s magic is particularly palpable. The contentious relationship between Maribel and her perfect older sister Isabela (Guerrero, Orange Is the New Black) also hits the mark. Who hasn\u2019t had to deal with a sibling that can do no wrong?<\/p>\n

\u00a0The songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) are pleasant enough, but largely forgettable. I didn\u2019t hear one song that has hit potential. The numbers that accompany them are nice to look at though. The thing about Encanto<\/strong> is this; it\u2019s good Disney not great Disney. I have no doubt it\u2019ll be a hit and the kids will want to watch it multiple times when it shows up on Disney+. Parents won\u2019t mind watching it once or twice. It\u2019s lively and fun, but doesn\u2019t achieve the greatness of the classics.\"\"<\/p>\n

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Encanto (2021)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Disney\/Fantasy-Adventure-Comedy-Musical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 99 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG (some thematic elements and mild peril)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Byron Howard and Jared Bush (co-directed by Charise Castro Smith)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Germaine Franco (songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda)\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Nathan Warner (layout) and Alessandro Jacomini (lighting)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: November 24, 2021 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Stephanie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Encanto-PIC.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9366,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9015\/revisions\/9366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}