Director Enrico Casarosa. Voices: Jacob Tremblay, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, Sacha Baron Cohen. 95 min. Animation.
- Pixar continues its tradition of "What if ... had feelings?" (Toy Story asked "What if toys had feelings?", A Bug's Life asked: "What if bugs had feelings?", Cars asked "What if cars had feelings?", etc etc ...), this time by asking: What if sea monsters had feelings?
- Supposedly, the first Pixar movie (due to Covid times) made almost entirely at people's home(s).
- The first Pixar animation in a long time exclusively targeted to kids (Inside Out and Toy Story 4, with all their greatness, swayed the pendulum towards adults way too far).
- Nevertheless, that doesn't mean this lacks any message for kids: some good concepts, generally about racism and society's xenophobia, and specifically about homosexuality (the two old ladies at the end showing their true self) make this story about a young sea "monster" trying to find and prove his place in the world, a worthy watch.
- Just that ... Pixar usually wowed me. This didn't wow me.
MoGo's rating: 7/10
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