Elemental

"The fact that Elemental can’t seem to get past its own elevator-pitch premise or avoid tripping over its teachable lessons... is a bit of a shock."

"Heavy-handed and simplistic..."

"Oddly, it’s the most human rom-com in years."

"The best thing about Elemental is that it looks incredible."

"The animation is good without being spectacular."

"It’s a muddle... the traditional Pixar ease with plot construction seems to have evaporated."

"There is a worrying hint of PixarGPT about all this... But having said that, a certain sweet, unworldly idealism in Elemental survives... and this is the flame that Pixar has to keep alive."

"Disney’s latest venture Elemental will make your heart melt, even if it’s not Pixar’s best."

"Especially coming from a studio that used to be so terrifyingly fastidious about its world-building, the internal logic of Element City is wobbly at best."

"Overcomplicated..."

"A flawed but big-hearted tale..."

"A sweet, moving, slightly awkward Pixar romance..."

"Speaks to larger issues without ever drowning in overt messaging."

"Gets lost down a rabbit hole of details, but re-emerges thanks to its uplifting use of music and light."

"The elements all fit perfectly into place — so much so that the creative flames are doused..."

"It’s true that after all that lovely world-building, the film flags in the middle section, but there are moments of true beauty..."

"Feels more like concept art... than a fully thought-through, lived-in environment."

"Underwhelming..."