Elemental (2023)

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   JG94

   I was expecting the classic opposites attract movie, and I kinda got one, but that story is totally unimportant for the big plot.
   
   The movie is about an immigrant working-class family that through hard-work get's to the middle class, without losing most of what it keeps it cohesive (but making their community growth, not decrease indeed). And the movie is explicit about it, as it gives more screentime to the beautiful animated city, than to her love-interest. Also, the fire burough is a mixture between brooklyn/queens looking at manhattan (Start of the XX century, maybe).
   
   

   They suffer discrimination and classism, which is subtle, but it's there (accent?). At the same time, the protagonist, has a story of duty and how to behave to honor her parents sacrifice, who she revered. This last part is crossed also by class, as she, even if it's all of "i have to follow my dreams" at the end, also experience class-anxiety, as a second-generation immigrant daughter of working-class parents, she not only has a cultural-duty to keep working there, but also, to keep providing and not go on a trip to follow an arts-degree (when she as an argument with the water guy, she explicitly says this to him)

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   Their romance is cute, but the immigrant anxiety, duty sense, and specially the subtle hints of classism and xenophobia her community suffers (and how her proud dad answer with discrimination from himself also) is the key of the movie.
   
   Sadly, the end is kinda bleh, even if it has a lovely moment. The love story is good, as the will/wont dynamic truly works (for a children movie, of course).
   
   4.5/5 1 month 1 week ago
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   roco_1791

   Honestly, I was expecting it to be bland and formulaic with the whole "opposites attract" theme, but it was actually quite enjoyable. The plot is pretty meh, but the main characters carry it throughout, it really felt like they had chemistry and was not a forced romance. Also, the animation is pretty nice, specially the fire characters. Best project delivered by Pixar since Coco, in my opinion. 3 months ago
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   kausikdatta

   I absolutely, unreservedly LOVED Elemental. The movie is about overcoming external differences & following one’s heart. My only critique is that given more time, Pixar could’ve developed the backstories of Elemental City communities a bit more. 3 months 2 weeks ago

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