Arco (2025)

Arco

• This took a few a couple minutes to get into, which mostly just had to do with the animation style. It’s pretty amazing all around, I just obviously wasn’t used to it. But trust me, once you fully settle into this, you get so immersed and the atmosphere completely envelopes you. I don’t know if that’s a term or not, but it will be now. But yeah, it really is some memorable animation, though it’s done overdone. It’s certainly not something like Spider-Verse or anything Pixar related, with plenty of microscopic and textures. In this film, it’s full of solid colors and large shapes, more like a simple kids book come to life. It absolutely deserves its Oscar nomination because there were some moments where it was so simple yet so full of life, and I couldn’t help but smile. The story was the exact same. Nothing over the top or too strenuous, but a nice little comedy about friendship and curiosity. It was pretty easy to relate and care about the main characters, who have vibrant personalities that take over the screen. What’s also impressive is how the kids aren’t obnoxious, or don’t become obnoxious. Maybe it’s just the grumpy old man in me, but there’s always annoying kids in family films, but not this one. I became pretty attached to Arco and Iris pretty quickly, the two of them are a great pairing. The voice cast (at least the English dubbed one), was great, and very funny. Juliano Krue Valdi and Romy Fay are heartfelt and sentimental, with Will Ferrell and Andy Samberg providing the comedic relief. When I tell you those guys had me giggling, I was GIGGLING. The music was great, though not anything extravagant. Overall, it’s a great, quick story that has a lot of heart and color, with atmospheres and time periods that are fun and inventive, but nothing we haven’t seen before. I would recommend it to everyone. This film is officially Berry Approved, so go watch it now!