Encanto animation

"Like a follow-up to "Frozen," it's a magical fable of girl power (...) Yet for all the dazzle on display, none of it would mean much if “Encanto” didn’t present its heroine’s moving journey in a way that kept surprising you." 

"It’s tricky to make an animated film so infused with exuberant sweetness without it becoming cloying. But ['Encanto'] (...) benefits as much from the purity of the storytelling as the stunning vibrancy of the visuals" 

"Encanto dazzles both visually and narratively, with vibrant songs and stellar animation (...) [It] is grounded but also feels like a magical delight." 

"‘Encanto’ is among the best films of 2021 (...) 98 minutes of pure bliss, a story about how weaknesses can be strengths, strengths can be weaknesses, and how love and determination is way better than magic when it comes to healing a broken family" 

"For all its wondrous spectacle of color and music, the busy and frenzied narrative hinges on fuzzy mechanics and a long list of thinly constructed characters who might have benefited from a fine-tuning of the screenplay" 

"While the narrative doesn’t totally land, the voice cast is solid and the vibe is consistently joyous (...) a winning musical tale about universal family ties (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"'Encanto' is an emotionally wrought movie about the ways family can hurt us (...) That’s a lesson and a tone that doesn’t always come together, but at least provides a magical, impressive spark all its own."