If Encanto was a person they would be the type to state the obvious and answer questions nobody asked. The film is not so much defined by it's plot and characters but by its use of metaphor. A literal magic family has a non magic member is pretty much the plot. So much time is spent defining the family dynamics and so little time on world-building that I find myself lost and confused as I watch despite the very literal expositional opening song and I say literal hear because there is a line in the song basically saying "we have a lot of exposition to get through so we are going to sing it".
It has around a two hour runtime but I felt very little happened. I owe the hype to the concept which tells the viewer that even if they are an ostracized nobody they are still "special in their own way" which I guess is respectable message for a kids movie though I do find some of the discourse around the film more.intriquing than the film itself.
It has around a two hour runtime but I felt very little happened. I owe the hype to the concept which tells the viewer that even if they are an ostracized nobody they are still "special in their own way" which I guess is respectable message for a kids movie though I do find some of the discourse around the film more.intriquing than the film itself.
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