vivo first caught my eyes when it first came out a few months ago
and it's been on my netflix list ever since i think maybe august or september
finally i got around to watching it and i have to say it's pretty much worth the watch it's
emotional it's colorful it's vibrant it's full of character and it's quite unpredictable
this was directed by kirk demichael or mikko on from jeffords screenplay by kirk d'amico
and music by lin manuel miranda straight away you know the soundtrack's gonna be really good
and it is there wasn't any song in this that really stood out for me that i was you know
that i was left singing or humming after the film was finished but generally speaking i found the
soundtrack to be really pleasing and something that i would visit again the narrative is
beautiful and unpredictable something happens
quite early on that i'm not going to divulge because i don't want to ruin it but i will say
that it gets really emotional really quickly and made me feel emotions akin to the ones that i feel
in up the disney film up the same thing doesn't happen but it's that level of emotion and it's
that kind of mix between feel-good animation and raw sentimentality and it does that balance
so well this film actually follows this little monkey called vivo voiced by lin manuel miranda
who goes on a journey with the help of gabby uh gabby is voiced by yanerle simo or simo i
apologize if i mispronounce any of these names to deliver a song to marta at her final performance
and i can't say why they need to deliver the song without giving any spoilers
but they work together on this young girl who actually i think she's about 12
and this monkey to try and deliver this song and get it to her for her final performance
one decision they made with this that i absolutely love is that the monkey doesn't
speak english now i know that sounds obvious well i say english it is an american but a lot of this
is spanish um i believe my knowledge of foreign languages is shockingly poor
but he doesn't speak human i'll put it that way so he has to interact with gabby
through actions but he understands her and the other humans
i think that was a really really clever thing to do because there are a lot of animations
where you have a human and animal pairing and the animal somehow can speak the language of the human
but this makes it a little bit more realistic and even more believable and it kind of made me think
if a monkey can understand the human language this could actually happen
whether or not i'm just living in a cloud at the moment i don't know
but it was beautiful the narrative unfolded so lovely the pacing was incredible i think
everything that happened happened at the perfect moment at no point did i feel like it was taking
too long to get anywhere the soundtrack as i said although nothing specifically stood out for me
was stunning and moving gabby is a character i love i absolutely love her she is full of
personality and what i love about her most is that she is an outcast
but she knows it and she's proud of it she is really proud of it you can tell just by the way
she looks she has the purple hair she's dressed a little more unconventionally i love her outfit the
time the skirt and the little denim waistcoat definitely people are going to be cosplaying
that for years to come but i love the fact that she knows she's an outcast and she works it she
is fantastic she definitely made this film from a really good film to a great film i
don't want to say any more about the narrative but it is obviously a little adventure story
as gabby and vivo try to deliver this song marta is voiced by gloria estefan
fantastic casting across the board beautiful animation design it is stunning to look at the
colors are so bright and vivid and they really draw you in one of the top reviews for this on
imdb is titled kids love it yes i'm sure kids will love it but i think it's a family friendly fun
film that is emotional beautiful sentimental absolutely stunning definitely check it out it's
not one of those films that looks good but ends up being disappointing it delivers on every level
absolutely gorgeous vivo is definitely one of the best films i've seen this year