encanto is utterly spellbinding i cannot believe how much i absolutely
adored this film in fact this may be the most i've loved a disney release this century certainly
in the last decade it's beautiful this was of course released this year directed by jared bush
and byron howard and stars the fabulous stephanie beatrice as our protagonist mirabelle and
to be honest when i started watching this i wasn't 100 sure of the narrative i knew kind
of roughly what it was about this family with their own magic but it's actually about maribel
who is the only member of her family who does not have a special gift everybody in the family when
they come of age they are given a special gift one you know somebody is exceptionally strong
somebody is very elegant mirabelle has no gift no magical gift um she is a very wonderful person
but she has no gift bestowed on to her and then the film kind of starts with introducing us
to this and we have this amazing song the family magrigal which i just absolutely loved and thought
was beautiful i'm hoping somebody has uploaded it to youtube so i can listen to it in isolation
because it's just so gorgeous and a really brilliant introduction and a fantastic way
of introducing us to all of the characters in the family without just pointing them out and saying
their name it's it's really great and you know the vocal talents of stephanie beatrice are just
ridiculous you know she's absolutely incredible everything seems to be fine but then mirabelle
notices that there's something wrong with the house and the match within it and
the casita is at risk of breaking down and of course when this happens the magic the gifts
that each member of the family have been given are at risk of becoming weaker or vanishing altogether
nobody will listen to her so she has to take it upon herself to try and save the casita and try
and save her family i'm not going to see how she does that but i really thoroughly enjoyed it i
feel like it took you know it didn't just launch straight into this problem with the casita and
the magic and the gifts it gave us enough time to get to know the family to get to feel mirabelle's
emotions because she is an outcast even though her family are all you know we love you you're
unique in your own way of course she feels different of course she feels like an outcast
we get enough time to establish those emotions and to realize what kind of person she is she's a very
loving caring considerate person and of course when she sees that the casita is in
trouble and she kind of blames herself in some ways and the film explains this
she obviously then steps up and makes determination to fix the problem
it's very funny and very self-aware because there is one point where she says to herself
there's only one thing to do and that is to fix the miracle and the miracle of course
being the gift given to the family um and then she just says to herself how do i fix a miracle
just making it very obvious that a lot of films disney and otherwise have very impossible missions
that the protagonist just seems to set about doing but mirabelle is very aware that fixing a
broken miracle may not be the easiest task i just thought she was fantastic the dialogue in this is
absolutely beautiful it's it's beautifully written screenplays by cherise castro smith
and jared bush and it's just utterly stunning it is visually gorgeous the animation is sensational
the characters are brilliant particularly mirabella is a protagonist i absolutely love her
i loved her the second we saw her there was just something about her that just clicked with me
obviously stephanie beatrice is flawless and her voice acting is absolutely incredible the songs
are sensational my second favorite i think the family marigal is definitely my favorite but the
second is we don't talk about bruno which i just i've really liked it but across the board there's
some beautiful beautiful songs in this um songs are written by lin-manuel miranda so you couldn't
really expect anything less to be perfectly honest the development of the narrative the pacing as i
said is spot on it doesn't take too long to get to the action but it also doesn't launch
straight into it we get enough time to enjoy the bright colors and the fun aspect of it and
then it gets a little bit more serious but even when it's serious because of mirabelle's kind of
i don't want to say quirky attitude but her her personality just means that
when she's muttering to herself or is faced with a dangerous situation there's almost a sarcastic
nature in her response and it's just so funny is there a false can i find a fault no i can't um
no i absolutely can't it's absolutely stunning i hope it's been well received i've certainly
seen a few positive reviews but i haven't um prior to watching and i made a point of not
if not trying to actually seek out any reviews because i didn't want anything spoiled
it's fabulous it's on disney plus it's now free on disney plus it's not one
that you have to pay extra for to stream it's sensational it's exquisite if you love disney
i honestly think that encanto is going to be one of your new favorites might be might be
my favorite film of 2021 i'm not 100 sure of that certainly encanto is a strong contender
stephanie beatrice is amazing the film itself is beautiful i can't find anything wrong with it