Encanto
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
- Released: 2021-11-24
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Family, Music
- Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Mauro Castillo, Angie Cepeda, Jessica Darrow, Rhenzy Feliz, Carolina Gaitán, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, John Leguizamo, Maluma, Alan Tudyk, Olga Merediz, Rose Portillo, Juan Castano, Sarah-Nicole Robles, Hector Elias
- Director: Byron Howard, Jared Bush, Charise Castro Smith
Comments
- choemuhammadfirdaus - 23 April 2024
Better than what people expects.
I think this film is underated. This is one of the movies that I can watch regularly with my kids and never get tired of it (ehm, Frozen). All the songs is significantly better than most Disney movies and the lyrics significantly play a part in the plot itself. I believe it deserve more credit and should be higher in the list of good animations by Disney.
The depth of each character further explained in the songs which is why the lyrics is very important for us to understand each of the characters. Even though the movie itself is not as long as others but it suffice and well crafted and suitable for repeated viewing. - Padrion - 29 December 2023
Nice songs but leaves you unsatisfied
Encanto is beautifully animated and has a pretty neat musical score. At least in the english version. I've seen a dubbed one and the singing was very hit and miss. And apart from the songs the movie sadly hasn't much to offer.
While we get introduced to a plethora of relatable characters, most of them are just not important for the story and accordingly have very limited screen time. The whole mystery they build around the lost brother Bruno and his prophecies ultimately leads nowhere. It's just a huge distraction to pretend this film has a plot. The tension is completely artifical: if little sister, big sister, pretty sister and Grandma sat down and had a honest conversation, the film would have been over in five minutes. Nothing is at stake either. The worst possible outcome would be that the family members lose their magical powers and continue their lifes as normal people. Not really a bad ending considering that half them didn't use them for anything important to begin with. - ungirebecca - 14 November 2023
Magical story about family and acceptance
Encanto follows Mirabel a girls from a family filled with special gifts as she tried to save the powers and gain acceptance from her family.
As always with Disney the animation has some beautiful effects. The lighting is perfect in the shots with bright vibrant colours. However the tone shift to more dull colours in the sad moments.
Throughout the movie there are many catchy songs to sing along with too.
The character from the family are all relatable in someway. They each struggle with things that I can see in my own daily life. This makes me route for the characters and the changes they face throughout the movie.
The movie really makes you feel good by the end and is just enjoyable to watch. - jpismyname - 9 December 2022
Beautiful animation, subpar storyline
Thank God for Disney Plus being available in my country, I can finally watch this movie. I've heard quite a lot of good things about this so I'm excited to watch this and I was expecting to love it.
Encanto is set in Colombia and tells the story of Mirabel Madrigal. All of the Madrigals possess some kind of magical powers...except for Mirabel. Also very surprised to learn that Mirabel is voiced by Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Rosa, Stephanie Beatriz.
First of all, the visuals are stunning. Like, really incredibly beautiful. The characters are also adorable to watch, especially Mirabel.
But with amazing animation and characters, the film lacks in great storyline. The story started out great, then it fell really flat in the middle until the end of the film. It left me incredibly unsatisfied. I think it is because the story had no real problem to solve, the protagonist didn't really do much, and there was no real villain or anything to make the story more memorable or compelling. The ending left me like, "that was it???" I think the writers really struggled with this one. And then there's the songs. Well, the songs aren't bad, but I don't really find them catchy or great or anything.
Well anyway, Encanto is still a beautiful movie...at least, visually-speaking. - lolright-94662 - 1 October 2022
Great animation, boring story
Disney of course is as good as ever when it comes to the animation/visuals of Encanto however the story-line is very mediocre and there isn't much which takes place that isn't unoriginal and predictable.
The plot conflict is just "oh no the magic is gone" which is pretty annoying because without a well thought out complication or a main antagonist present there isn't much I'd expect them to be able to do with something so small. The lack of any proper villain might be seen by some as making the film "unique" and more focused on the emotion clashes of the characters however this removes more than it adds because nothing interesting enough ends up happening in the film to recompense for this decision.
Everything else in the plot wasn't very engaging either, the only interesting aspects of the film were the horrible reasons that Mirabel and Bruno were outcasts for, although it obviously really sucks that they didn't even get the proper compensation for how they were treated by the grandmother even after all that happened.
The musicals are very generic and forgettable, it seems disney fail to care about putting any hint of emotion or fantasy into their compositions anymore, all you get is embarrassingly generic instrumentation and melodies now which make the songs almost completely indistinguishable from one another. - trumpetleblanc - 24 August 2022
Disturbing
When the main character meets her uncle he's talking about watching his rats pretending to be tv programs. One is a soap opera about a guy dating his aunt with amnesia. When the main character says she doesn't understand the uncle says "well see it's this forbidden...." and trails off. This is is a movie targeted at young children. Disgusting.
