The first reviews for Elemental arrive from its Cannes International Film Festival premiere, leaving critics with mixed feelings on Pixar's latest.
The first reviews for Pixar's Elemental have arrived from the Cannes International Film Festival. Directed by Peter Sohn and written by John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh, the movie stars Mamoudou Athie and Leah Lewis as Wade Ripple and Ember Lumen, respectively. Both characters are made from completely different elements, but slowly realize throughout the movie how much they have in common while living in a world where all elements live together.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Critics who attended Elemental's first screening at Cannes have now begun to share their thoughts on Pixar's latest summer offering. While some have praised the movie as one of Pixar's best in recent memory, others were left with mixed feelings about the end result, feeling that its beautiful visuals don't make up for its surface-level exploration of its themes.
What The Elemental Reviews Tell Us About The Movie While some reviews praise Elemental's incredible animation style and affectionate parallels to immigrant families, others have criticized the plot for being too "overcomplicated" or spending too much time building a universe that feels too dense for children to grasp and enjoy. Other reviews also note the movie's lack of originality in terms of plot, even if its message is very strong.
After the commercial failure of last year's Lightyear, Disney has garnered much anticipation for Pixar's latest movie, with it being the closing film at Cannes, the first since Pete Docter's Inside Out, which went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Many critics have pointed out that Pixar's movies have lost their magic in recent years, and the early mixed reception to Elemental seems to reignite the debate on whether Pixar movies still have that spark.
Whether Elemental will be a commercial success remains to be seen, but it is being released on the same weekend as Lightyear did in 2022. However, it has rather stiff competition, with DC's The Flash releasing on the same day. Warner Bros.
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