Encanto - Disneycember 

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I actually liked how there was no twist villain, and that the conflict lay mostly within the family history.

“ doesn’t treat the characters like dumbasses” *cut to Luisa carrying donkeys* I see what you did there…

I do like that Mirabel doesn’t want a gift, she just wants to be helpful to her family and feel like she still has a place in it, so many times they would have gone with the protagonist wanting what the others have and getting the power in the end

The one thing I found super refreshing about Mirabel's character was that she is flawed, she is an outcast, & she doesn't get a power in the end. But that's ok because it wasn't about her finding a power, it was about her finally feeling like she was enough for her family. Also I absolutely adored how Mirabel's parents constantly defend her from her grandma and u can tell they have this unapologetic love for her no matter what.

'We don't talk about Bruno' is such an earworm - the good kind. I especially love the part where Camilo is singing and the bit where everyone's voices overlap each other towards the end.

Absolutely everyone was banking on Bruno being the villain but I'm genuinely glad it didn't go that way. I'd actually love it if Disney stepped away from having villains in their films for a little bit

"Go on. _Apologiiize_ " "I..... *deep breath* AM......SSSSSORRY. That your life is SOOOOO great!" I SWEAR TO GOD it was like I was seeing myself and my own older sister through Mirabel and Isabela in that scene. It's one of my favorites in the entire film. My older sister being like Isabela. I DON'T know how Disney does it, but they get family dynamics down REALLY well. Even all the way back to Lilo and Stitch. Isabela and Mirabel's relationship is perfectly done to the point where I bet a lot of other audience members looked at that scene and went "this is too realistic.". And even Luisa and Mirabel's relationship was ALSO well done as the two younger siblings in a dynamic of three, are usually who get along better, because the eldest is too busy having to be seen as the perfect one and the role model. Leaving room for the younger siblings to be more themselves. I WILL say I think Coco did the inner family conflict a BIT better-simply because it had a timer and the writing felt tighter for having that timer. If Miguel didn't reconcile, and get back to the land of the living, he was gone forever along with Hector by sunrise. Not to mention, I like that Miguel and his Abuela didn't have this HEART TO HEART moment, where she apologized for literally crushing his dream. Sometimes you don't need to have this big speech that's kinda cliche you can just have a character UNDERTSAND where the other was coming from by letting the animation do the speaking, and when Miguel and Mama Coco sang _Remember Me,_ when Coco was finally allowed to share memories of her father, you could tell the rest of the family FINALLY understood Miguel. And that can be more powerful than some speech. But that's really my only nitpick for Encanto-it wanders a bit too much, and the big reveal for why the Grandmother was the way she was, and her speech. It just felt a tad "been there done that" for me. Other than that, LOVED it.

I love the fact that Mirabel doesn't get a gift, showing us that *you don't need to have something special to be special* .

Surface Pressure is unironically a bop. This really is the year of Lin Manuel Miranda!

I do like the mental health side of this film. Like the discovery that these powers just stress the family members out due to expectations and that's their arc is pretty refreshing. Even Mirabel being supportive of their issues is nice- it doesn't linger too much on making conflict for the sake of it.

I loved Encanto. To add to everything Doug said, it was also nice to see a movie based in Colombia not be about drugs, but play a little into magical realism and the culture of Colombia. While I know it may not be heavily screaming Colombia like some wanted (like my mother who is from Colombia), as a first generation American born from Hispanic immigrants and as someone raised in Miami where the Hispanic culture is predominate, I felt happily represented in the music, the visuals, and the dynamic of the family (Thanks Coco and Encanto for showcasing the intergenerational trauma is common within the Hispanic community).

The animation for this movie was definitely spectacular for sure

As a Colombian, I loved this movie. Right now is the biggest opening I've seen for a movie. Pretty much every cinema is only playing this film. And I loved it for the same reasons that you did. There's no evil villain who wants to destroy the town, or the house, or the family, the situation itself is the villain and it works really well. I think I like the third act more than you because I can relate to what happened there. Sadly violence like that is still happening in my country, and there are still people losing their homes and families because of it, and the movie shows that in a respectful manner. It made me cry, Disney not only show respect to Colombia regarding just their culture or music, but also their story, and I applaud the movie for that.

On the third Disneycember, my critic gave to me: Three toucans Two Sith Lords And a blade in the shape of a key

2:44 If anything they do an inversion of the trope with Bruno, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" feels alot like a Villan-Song, and the first time we actually see him, he is presented in a very intimidating way, but then a few minutes later we learn that he's actually just a socially-awkward rat-man who loves his family very much but gets a bad rep.

We Don’t Talk About Bruno is perhaps the most catchy song on the soundtrack. But I will say the best song has to be Dos Oruguitas! The lyrics and the scene that plays with it are just.. ahh 😭😭

The animation for this movie was definitely spectacular for sure especially since this is. It’s 60th film

He’s right, I cannot get “We don’t talk about Bruno” out of my head

The lack of a twist villain was a bless, hoping Disney will finally move away from that trope

This movie will always be remembered, to me personally, as the first time a film made me cry tears of joy. It's easy to make someone sad, but to fill their heart with so much joy that they can't help but cry? That's something special.

I would have liked a bit more from Camilo, but what "little" we got was great. Plus, I loved his part in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" and scenes where we see him interacting with his family (and the community). The relationship between Mariano and Isabela in the beginning... I'm over here like, "so what do you like about her? Is everything in that relationship based off a lie?" I know she doesn't want to get married to him, and I'm glad they didn't try to push it any further. And the Dolores and Mariano relationship is starting off cute, even if he quickly tries to toss out the "let's get married" line so soon after she does her confession. Overall, I LOVE this movie. It's definitely a new favorite. And I still can't get the "we don't talk about Bruno" song out of my head. 😂

I really hope this gets s spin-off show, the characters really make this movie for me and I want to see more of them, especially Camilo, Luisa, and Bruno.

It’s definitely a film that will get even better upon rewatching. And I definitely wouldn’t mind a spin-off

my only nitpick is that we don't get to know a lot of the characters as much as I would like, but on the other hand that means that there are characters that are worth getting to know in the first place. I fully expect this to eventually become a Disney plus series.

I honestly loved it. I found myself crying at parts because Mirabel's character is so relatable. Yet, whilst she feels not a part of the family she convinces herself that she does have a place. It definitely feels a lot of the time like they include her in places because they HAVE to, not because they want to. The distraught look on her face when the door fades when she's a child is heartwrenching. That is pure trauma right there. Especially when her Abuela promised everything and she didn't want to disappoint her. She hadn't done anything and it happened anyway. Her nan was disappointed in her. I feel like the ending of the film could be interpreted in two ways. One is that she herself was already gifted when her ceremony came and that it just came out in an unusual but necessary way that the house realised. Or that she didn't need a gift after all and the house realised this from then. I loved that even though it wasnt the same as her family she still got her moment with the doorknob. Damn made me tear up.

No twists Extremely down to earth The conflict being very real and understandable and resolving in the way it should but without being needlessly happy go lucky Encanto was an absolute ride for me. The perfect kind of dramedy I love where the humor isn’t overt nor is it too absent, with touches of real emotional gut punches to drive you to tears. Far better than I was expecting as I went in with my hopes in check.

I'd have given the movie a recommendation just for being an original IP nowadays. It's definitely a plus that the movie is also good.

It's the best thing to come out of Disney in years, in my opinion anyway..... I cried through the whole movie, because I've felt like all the characters at some point in my family. Especially the part where the grandmother tells Maribel the whole "your helping, is not helping."

This movie was just wonderful. I loved the songs, Mirabel is super adorkable, the other characters were funny, it's just so much fun.

Weirdly enough this is like the YEAR for Lin-Manuel Miranda, there's In the Heights, Vivo, AND Encanto? Just damn, great songs all around. Also I really liked this film too, very solid with great animation and musical numbers

This is refreshing to see that this is one of the most wholesome and purist movies I have seen in a long time. Instant Modern Classic Disney Favorite! ❤️

*On the third day of disneycember the critic gave for me:* 3 Gifted children 2 Lightsabers and a Keyblade for a kingdom heart realm

I just saw this today and I loved it! Will have to say, without a 'villain' the pacing was a bit weird, but as you said, it's just a family and what happens to them, which for Disney, is really new and different. I would full on cut a bitch for every one of these characters and am not ashamed to say that I full on ugly cried in the cinema

This movie really hit me in a way that I wasn't expecting. I'm the youngest of three sisters, so imagine my surprise when I realize that the main character is the youngest of three sisters and feels inferior to them because they seem so much better and more accepted than her. So I'm already perfectly invested in Mirabel's struggle. But I also love how it dissects the other characters' struggles too--that having amazing powers can be a blessing and a curse, like how being talented in something can tie you down just as much as it helps you. So I loved the inner conflict of the movie. And I'm a big music buff who found myself bouncing my feet at the songs. So win-win.

On the 3rd day of Disneycember, the critic gave to me… Magic moving house, Snipes and a sky guy, And a boy wielding a giant key

A Disney movie with no villain sounds like a big risk, but they pulled it off perfectly.

Mirabel is honestly the best character Disney has created recently. I can't get enough of her.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is brilliant with the music, i think he outdid himself on it, i hope he gets his Oscar for this

"We Don't Talk About Bruno" is my favorite song from this Encanto! So well done telling the story about Bruno and the music in whole was awesome! 🙌🏼

I agree that this movie was really solid. For me, it’s not a good movie, it’s a great movie. It made me reevaluate my relationship with my own family, and I think the kids and adults both will really appreciate it. Right now, people are saying it’s on the same level as Moana was, and I wholeheartedly agree

I love this movie. Is becoming easily my top 3 Disney films I love how each character suffer with some form of anxiety, or a different mental health struggle. Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, burn out, paranoia, ocd, it was great they talked about those issues wirh care and respect. Heck, even the short before the movie talked about toxic parenting, and it was great! It is something I really needed to hear and see, to maybe get better on my own issues. Maybe is why I am so defensive of this movie and don't see why anyone would even think of criticizing

In Disneycember Land, Doug & Friends get their powers from the Channel Awesome studio. Except for Rob. Why? "Because according to the chart...."

Having just seen Encanto, I really agree, the movie was phenomenal, energetic, has tons of memorable characters, and has that feel like you're watching a Broadway stage show. It especially helps that Lin-Manuel Miranda had that kind of background, his songs really helped give off that kind of mood here. By the by, I was definitely blown away by the house itself. Not just for how colorful it was, but also because of how alive it felt, all without a single facial expression. It actually reminded me a lot of the Magic Carpet from Aladdin, I felt equally as spellbound by that same energy and personality with Casita.

I love that these first impressions of fall and winter Disney releases are part of Disneycember. They're like previews for an inevitable longer review. Encanto didn't immerse me the way Moana and Coco did, but I still really enjoyed it. Its formula is completely different from any previous Disney animated musical. It's basically a bottle episode. Disney never does those in film. It focuses entirely on the characters rather than on a big quest. I thought it was a bold move. And I think it paid off. Also, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" has been playing in a loop in my head for the past week.

I loved the variety and expressiveness in the character design. You really felt like you’ve seen people who look exactly like those characters (even if a few looked a little generic). And it didn’t shy away from the political upheaval and violence in Colombia’s history. Abuelo Pablo did not re-appear as a ghost or vision, his loss was something that would be felt forever.

I cried like 12 times. I never cry during movies. That’s how good it is.

This is definitely a modern classic.

"Were you *enchanted* by it as much as I was?" I see what you did there!

After watching this movie a few times with my daughter, I have to say this movie was really good and it was much better than I expected. There are no characters in the movie that I hate. SPOILERS: Once Abuela is understood, she is likable and has a really human reaction to why she is the way she is. It’s not just out of no where. Also, Bruno is an awesome character and definitely my favorite in the movie. Love how misunderstood he is up to where he’s finally introduced. It goes from creepy guy everyone’s afraid of to weirdo who’s misunderstood and completely harmless. His room definitely doesn’t portray that in the scenes leading up to him, which is definitely a nice little twist.

The perfect movie for introverts. A grand magical adventure, but they never leave the house.

I enjoyed it. Looked great, characters were solid (and all had their own personality), had one nice twist with one of the characters, and that river scene at the end….it actually made me cry a bit. That was a sad part of a mostly happy movie

Female characters were AMAZING in this one! Disney usually likes to make villains or fools out of “feminine” characters like Isabelle, and in the beginning they mislead us with her personality, and I was so pleasantly surprised of how it turned out! The other “strong” sister Luisa was written so great as well! Loved this movie!)

I love this movie so much and I would love to see a short on Disney+ on how each family members door ceremony went.

I enjoy this movie a lot, and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is a great song

We don't talk about Bruno. A song with such a beat that for those with a sharp eye can see Bruno grooving to it also in the background.

I haven't seen the movie but from what I saw in the trailers, I wasn't expecting much at all. But it seems like so far a lot of people like it so I will probably watch it eventually

I enjoyed this movie. Honestly, the colors were so bring and it felt like I can walk through the screen and be apart of the village. I also liked personally is how Disney acknowledged that there were Afro Colombians of different shades. Both Maribel and Bruno are characters I can relate in terms of not being like anyone else but my own self.

This might be my favourite Disney movie ever, I only now got around to watching it. It's one of the rare instances where a story doesn't reveal all its secrets but it doesn't take away from the story or seem pretentious, but instead just adds to its myth. This is an entirely fresh and original idea, as it isn't about good versus evil or someone having to find themselves against the pressure of society. It's about the struggle of taking care for the things we value the most without losing any of them. This is a very abstract concept, but it is portrayed beautifully in this movie and almost all of it is show, don't tell. Everything that needs to be told is inner monologue in the form of amazing songs, so even those scenes are engaging and more importantly, emotionally fulfilling.

In The Heights, Vivo, Tick, Tick...BOOM, and now Encanto, this really the year of Lin Manuel Miranda

I saw it yesterday, really enjoyed it! But I have a huge gripe with the fact that we didn't get a song for every member of the family that had a gift, they were all so fun and interesting and I was hoping we would learn more about each of them! This is the first time ever that I've walked out of a Disney film thinking there weren't nearly enough songs. In that regard it really does feel like it would've made an even better stage musical than a film.

This film is very meta for Disney. Each of the gifts for each girl represents the tropes from recent Disney remakes and this film is becoming self aware of these cliche character traits. The lead represents that you dont need any of these gifts to be someone, you just need to love whoever you are. The films message represents that and gives the Disney Remakes a subtle slap in the face.

I love this movie so much. Luisa's song "Surface Pressure" is the literal story of my life not as a sibling but as the caregiver to my sick mother. This movie just hit home.

So a family with super powers that uses them to help their community instead of fight crime? That's... Actually a refreshing concept.

SPOILERS! On my second viewer I think Abuela being the problem with the family is subtly hinted at throughout the movie. Take the morning after Antonio gets his power. Literally over the breakfast table, she says “Now we have to decided how best to use Antonio’s gift for the family.” She literally wastes no in trying to figure out Antonio’s life for him. As in it’s not Antonio’s job to grow into his power and learn how to use it. No, it’s the family’s job (i.e. her job) to figure that out for him. And it hints that she did the same for everyone else after they got their powers like Luisa sings about later that morning about feeling too much pressure to do her job and Julieta later in her song about the pressures of being expected to be perfect all the time and marry someone she doesn’t love “for the good of the family” There are other ones too but just thought I’d point that out. Love this movie

The one thing I would change is showing how the pressure was affecting Dolores and chamilo

I love this movie. I just thought it was a missed opportunity for them to not squeeze in the Hercules and Cerberus from Disney's Hercules film into Luisa's song. That would have been an awesome cameo.

I like how Mirabel looks like a real teenage girl and isn't the typical attractive lead we've seen over and over in films ESPECIALLY Disney films. Plus I love that they have songs just in Spanish

I love this film! It's refreshing to see a true musical again and I feel like this is one of Pixar/Disney's best. I'm going to be watching it over and over. The messages, the characters, the music and the animation are all amazing! Good job, Disney!

I really liked this movie, songs, characters, story, they were all done right And I can’t get Bruno’s song out of my head!

The part in we don't talk about bruno where all the parts line up is iconic and so Lin-Manuel

I really appreciate that this films shows Latino’s of all backgrounds-white, native, black and any mix of the 3. Most media of Latinos forget black ones exist.

i will never stop making my hero academia jokes whenever someone talks about this movie

With all the family members and all their different powers, this movie was made for season episodes or a direct-to-streaming movie focusing on other characters. The movie was okay 3.75 out of five.

This is the 1st Disney movie to actually make me cry.

I also have the same song stuck in my head. I really did enjoy this movie. More than I thought I would.

This movie is a masterpiece to me.

This is genuinely the most family of Family Movies, right down to the "Villain" being the interfamily conflict, not some scapegoat. Most of the songs are good (I can't bring myself to like the sappy ones, I'm sorry), and the message is perhaps one of the most sound in a Disney film in a long time. I enjoyed it. But lordy, do I need me more Luisa.

Can we talk about how this movie is about dealing with generational trauma? I cried through a lot of this.

On the third day of Disneycember, the channel gave to me Three families Two Clone Wars And a ranting of Kingdom Hearts' Pooh Tree

All right, I was not expecting this review until December 31st. This definitely was a surprise!

Definitely loved it. Debating on rewatching I’m at the theater cuz of how good the music was. Story was definitely refreshing and animation gorgeous. I’m front Venezuela and it felt amazing seeing a neighboring country be the topic of a real Disney movie.

My poor friend Bruno. First there's "Silenzio, Bruno!" & now there's "We don't talk about Bruno!".

I loved the fact that Abuela's story is glimpsed at the start and then only brought back during Dos Oruguitas. The animation and music do so much work here to convey Alma's difficult life, her forced immigration and having to bring up children - raise the whole community, really - on her own. Additional scenes laying this out might have been too much for an otherwise light film; and it's good that we discover the tragic story at the same time that Mirabel realises Abuela isn't a cranky old lady for no reason - she's lost everything once in her life and doesn't want to go through that again.

Being Colombian I have to say this is by far one of if not the best representation Hollywood has done of Colombia, and Hollywood has done a horrible job portraying us so far. No, I don't mean that's it's good just because it showed the good stuff, in fact the grandma's backstory represents one of the darkest aspects of it (let's just say that millions of people in rural Colombia have had to go through what she went through, all of that without a miracle to save them). But aside from that, there's always a million details in the background and foreground that just show they did an incredible amount of research to be respectful and accurate while still being able to sell the movie to foreign audiences. You don't need to be knowledgeable of Colombian culture, history, or magical realism to love the movie, but knowing all about that enhances the experience.

Loved this film! It was nice to see an original story these days, though I do admit, when the Hercules part came up in her sister's song I felt like it was a missed opportunity to throw their own Hercules in there as a throw back.

I love the song "Two Oruguitas" it really shows the hurt of forced displacement, a cruel reality a lot of latins live

I just watched Encanto a few days ago, and holy crap I was not expecting to adore it as much as I do. The songs are all amazing, the characters are engaging and all unique and I want to see more of them, and the imagery during the songs really helped it feel like a film straight of the the Disney Renaissance, but 3D.

Felt like it addressed a few of the things Dear Evan Hansen tried to deal with, but in a much more effective movie overall

It's official... this movie is a masterpiece! Thanks, Doug really needed this. 😁👍❤

This is easily one of my top ten Disney movies if not top five. My three kids love it, and I find myself rewatching it a lot. It’s maybe my favorite of the recent Disney animated movies.

Didn’t even know it existed, I think I saw an ad somewhere but I thought it was a straight to dvd kinda thing.

I would love to see this made into a Broadway play! Especially if they get Miranda back for extra songs! (Don’t tell me you wouldn’t want a Bruno Lament.) But…wouldn’t certain things be hard to transfer over? Like Camilo’s powers or Isabella’s?

it's Good that they don't have a Villain NOT Every Disney movie needs a Villain

ON THE THIRD DAY OF DISNEYCEMBER..THE CRITIC GAVE TO ME 3. FAMILY GIFTS 2. BEST FRIENDS AND A KID BEATING VILLAINS WITH A KEY!

This movie became very important for me, this songs sooo sunny? that I... I really feel like there can fight all darkness in the world. And, yeah, story is so simple and so warm at the same time... I like it!!! VERY VERY MUCH.

This seriously like the 4th film Lin Manuel Miranda did this year.

Lin Manuel Miranda keeps improving more and more with every film he works on ;)

I do appreciate the fact that this movie is okay with telling a small story and focuses on character relationships and the conflict within those.!The past few Disney films like Frozen 2 or Raya and the Last Dragon try SO hard to have such complicated journeys and complex worlds that they don’t have much time to make the characters worth caring about. Encanto is the opposite of that and is much more emotionally satisfying and interesting because of it.

1:38 Same! “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is my favorite song from The Soundtrack! Lin-Manuel Miranda for THE WIN 🏆🎶