Even though that is supposed to be in Colombia, only very few authentic Colombian simbols are thrown in there, like just for the record. Pretty "Mexicanized", nothing against Mexico and Mexicans, on the contrary I love their country and culture, but if you are saying that Encanto is in Colombia, when a colombian watches it, we have to be able to fully identify with the movie.
However and without looking to much into the many characters, and all the minutia, I find the story very powerful, hence the one star, because by yuxtaposition to the ones shown in the movie and extrapolating varied issues it reflects many colombian families, that are broken down. If you guys fix all of what some of the one star reviews say, will help some, but in my humble opinion, next time make it really Colombian, not mocking us.
I see the coffee plants, the Yarumos, the sombrero vueltiao, the wax palm tree, Caño Crystales in the wrong place, the yellow butterflies also in the wrong place, of Mauricio Babilonia, character from the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude", of our literature nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I see ponchos, but not "ruanas", I see Gualandayes and Guayacanes rather than Jacarandas, same meaning but not a Colombian term. I see Aztecs, Mayas and Incas' faces and art, but not Chibcha, Muisca
Tayrona, Quimbaya, Calima, etc. cultures.
I could hear a lot of Mexican accents in some characters, that didn't help with the colombian authenticity.
In the music I could hear Santana (also Mexican) feat. Rob Thomas' "Smooth" and being optimistic, Cesar Mora's "Canela", in Bruno's song, and mimics of colombian rithms and colombian modern singers, like Carlos Vives, but not the real original colombian singer-songwriters. Spend some money and pay for original colombian songs rights, and involve real Colombian thoroughbreds consultants in the making of the movie.
Rodrigo Arango, Colombiano de pura cepa y a mucho honor!
PS. The Colombian geography, flora, fauna and beauty is widely underexploited.