Sage Tellew

In a nutshell, minus two stars because - The movie gets so boring after about 80 minutes - It's ridiculous that Cal is the one chasing after Emily after she cheats on him and sends the message that cheating isn't a huge deal, and that it's justified by Cal being "boring" - There are a lot of moments in the movie that are cringey. Jacob's pickup lines, all of the 13 year old kids harassment behavior towards Jessica that was excused as "persistence", and the entire graduation speech scene That said the cast did a great job and Emma Stone and Steve Carrell were great

I don't think anyone is gonna read this so i am not really gonna explain but - great cinematography - amazing use of a tiny cast - makes you think

It's ok. The animation team killed it as usual. Lin Manuel Miranda did a pretty good job on the music, but it wasn't on par with some of other Disney Pixar musical soundtracks such as Coco, Frozen, and Tangled. [Semi-spoilers but not explicitly] Overall, what was really missing for me was the story...it was not satisfying. The character development for some of the individuals as well as the resolution for the character conflicts were sudden and unsatisfying. The ending felt abrupt/sudden. Whatever the hell the character arc for Isabela was supposed to be was a disaster. It doesn't live up to the hype. On top of that the foundation of the story is just very weak. We are supposed to believe the town depends on the Madrigals' powers for everything but it's not really clear how this works for Isabela and the shape shifting dude. The family's relationship to the town is very underdeveloped. I really feel like Maribel and Bruno deserved more of an apology and that Abuela and Isabela hardly redeemed themselves at all. I would say it is still worth watching for the animation, but it's not Pixar's best work by any measure.