Pixar's latest follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solís who accidentally becomes the intergalactic ambassador of planet Earth after being beamed up to the Communiverse by aliens for making contact. He must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions that involves the warlord father of an alien he befriended.

I watched this in the cinemas today and was totally blown away. It is Pixar at some of its finest.

I won't spoiler too much but I heard online that the titular character has traits of autism / ASD and so I went in with this in mind. Doing so made this film immensely powerful and heart-warming especially as a teacher of many neuro-divergent children and trying to understand my own diversity.

It was done in such a way that I imagine a lot of neuro-diverse people would see themselves in Elio but it wasn't made explicit or labelled and instead proved how beautiful our neuro-diversity is! And many would watch without seeing that take on the character and it's still a wonderful film without it!

It is a beautiful film with some of Pixar's best animations, it's incredibly emotional but funny too. A must watch imo and a brilliant addition to Pixar's already amazing collection.

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