My interpretation of Encanto is that it is about the conflict of Millennials (Lin Manuel Miranda) and their grandparents. The resolution is that we respect our grandparents for having been through some real shit, but they have to learn to see us as we are and not demand we be perfect. It’s not Runaway Bunny or EEAAO, but somewhere in between.
I think you walk away from the notion that Evelyn is the protagonist too quickly. Don't you identify a bit with Evelyn's story, as a parent? I do. I often feel like someone who has failed at everything they've tried, very much including raising kids. And like someone stymied by the "too-much-ness" (as the Daniels have described it) of contemporary life, unable to keep up with a single bit of it, even while my kids are falling (maybe flying, but if so, it doesn't feel like it was my doing) out of the nest. The film may describe the problem better than it describes the solution, but I think it has a thrillingly audacious way of going about both, and that's made it my favorite film of the year by a long shot.
Seems like the same problem as Turning Red.
My interpretation of Encanto is that it is about the conflict of Millennials (Lin Manuel Miranda) and their grandparents. The resolution is that we respect our grandparents for having been through some real shit, but they have to learn to see us as we are and not demand we be perfect. It’s not Runaway Bunny or EEAAO, but somewhere in between.
I think you walk away from the notion that Evelyn is the protagonist too quickly. Don't you identify a bit with Evelyn's story, as a parent? I do. I often feel like someone who has failed at everything they've tried, very much including raising kids. And like someone stymied by the "too-much-ness" (as the Daniels have described it) of contemporary life, unable to keep up with a single bit of it, even while my kids are falling (maybe flying, but if so, it doesn't feel like it was my doing) out of the nest. The film may describe the problem better than it describes the solution, but I think it has a thrillingly audacious way of going about both, and that's made it my favorite film of the year by a long shot.