Elio is a delightful movie that explores the themes of self-discovery, loneliness and grief. While the film is about the search for alien existence, it also centers on friendship and the lengths you will go to find people that you connect with.
Meet Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be.
In the film, we discover that Elio is shy at school and very lonely.
He is being cared for by his aunt who works in the military, monitoring “space junk” at an Air Force base.
In an unexpected turn of events, Elio makes contact with alien life while using an amateur radio (ham radio). Fun fact: My dad is big ham radio enthusiast and the subplot surrounding Elio and his classmates involving ham radio would make him so happy.
The film features the voices of Yonas Kibreab (“Sweet Tooth”) as Elio, Zoe Saldaña (“Avatar”) as Aunt Olga, Remy Edgerly (“Sing 2”) as Glordon, Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) as Lord Grigon, Jameela Jamil (“The Good Place”) as Ambassador Questa and Shirley Henderson (“Bridget Jones’s” franchise) as Ooooo.
The film will tug at your heart as you watch Elio gain a sense of belonging. The animation is dazzling and the characters, particularly Glordon (a toothy, wormlike alien), will make you smile!
Overall, the movie is entertaining. It’s action-packed, funny, and has characters that both kids and adults will root for. Thanks, Disney-Pixar for inviting us to screen the movie!
Watch Elio when it opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, June 20th!
“Elio” is rated PG and has a run time of 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Visit the official website here for more information.
Disclosure: No monetary compensation was received for this post. This blog post is for informational purposes. I attended an advanced screening of the movie which helped facilitate this write-up. Images shown in this post are used with permission. As always, my opinions are 100% my own.
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I hadn’t thought about seeing it until your write up, Jen. Sounds like a marvelously fun filled flick. Now I can’t wait to watch!
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I’ve been wanting to see this. I see ads for it all the time. Going to see it with my kids and we can’t wait.
Elio sounds like such a heartfelt adventure. I love movies that blend emotion with sci-fi.
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This looks like a fun movie to take my granddaughters too. I do love Pixar films.
This sounds like a fantastic summer family movie. We will probably go see it. I tend to love Pixar films.
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So many fun movies to watch this summer and Elio is one of those movies we want to see with the kiddos. My oldest son loves Disney Pixar movies. 🙂
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When I saw this being advertised, I told my grandkids we are going to check Elio out, it looks like a fun movie for the family. We love Disney Pixar movies also!
When I saw this being advertised, I told my grandkids we are going to check Elio out, it looks like a fun movie for the family. We love Disney Pixar movies also; they are always so much fun to watch.
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Oh, my family will love this one! And my son got himself a ham radio certification a couple of years simply because he wanted to..
Disney Pixar movies are all great. This Elio is one of the movie I am looking forward to watch with my family. I know that they will enjoy it especially the young ones.
This movie looks perfect for my niece and I will have to take her when she visits me this weekend 🙂