Encanto2021

Verdict: 🥉 COULD SEE  —unless you’re a Lin-Manuel Miranda fan, in which case it’s a— Verdict: 🥈 SHOULD SEE  Even then I can’t rate it a MUST SEE. Disney still doesn’t have either the courage or the brains to ask itself “why?” during writing and pre-production. So many talented artists worked on this. The animators, texturizers, and lighting crews were the MVPs, but the writers, directors, and producers all let them down by making a movie that can’t justify its own existence other than to be a showcase for Miranda. As a viewer, you’re left with so many questions: Why doesn’t Maribel get a gift? Or did she get one? Why did her little brother get the animal gift? What significance does this actually have for anything other than them not falling out of favor with the townsfolk? I dare anyone to try to explain it to me and have it make sense. Even then the music, with the exception of Dos Oruguitas, always flirts with but never hits the spot. Sure, some parts of some songs bang, but other times you’re left unmoved. Honestly? Just go for Bruno, Maribel’s muscular uncle’s dance, and the textures. Then you’ll enjoy it enough.