Right off the bat, the best thing about this film is this is a very different Pixar film. It has quite an artistic direction to it at times especially when we get to the death life scenes and it just looks beautiful at times. It's gets very cosmic and just had a different feeling to it and the animation is just on another level. I love how far we've come where we can have animation where it is at the moment.
The voice cast are also great. Jamie Foxx gives a great voice performance as the lead character. He has to provide passion, emotion and comedic performances for his character and he does a great job with it. Tina Fey is another standout in this film and her and Jamie Foxx have fantastic chemistry between one another. The rest of the cast are great but those two were the main standouts.
Something that really impressed me was how this film was able to develop the characters. With Jamie Foxx's character, You're able to understand his character with just visual effects and minimal dialogue and I love it when Pixar does that sort of thing. Tina Feys character gets a fantastic character journey that has a really fitting end and has fantastic emotional payoff.
I was also impressed how this film was marketed. When I saw the trailers, I enjoyed them but I wondered how the story would be constructed together and this film has a lot of twists in it that it's able to keep secret so that's an example of a good trailer.
But what makes this film a true standout and why I loved this film so much is because of the story. What I love about pixar is they're able to come up with bizarre concepts that should never make sense at all but instead are executed where they resonate with not just children but adults as well and this film is a true exception. I'm also going to make a statement and I believe Pete Docter is the best Pixar film director. He just brings such emotion but also tells fantastic stories in such different and compelling ways and three of his four pixar films are in my Top 3 favourites.
When you realize where this film is going, you can just connect with the story and the message it has with it. This film has multiple messages that can be interpreted in many different ways but for me, this is a film about discovering your purpose in life, what you're good at and how your one dream doesn't have to be the only thing you hang on to and that just meant so much to me.
I don't talk about my private life much but this film has so many elements that just means so much to me. I do these reviews as a hobby which I enjoy doing but my dream is to be an actor and how this film expresses your dream job or opportunity is realistic but also inspirational as well.
Moving onto the mixed aspect and first this film takes a while to get used to. I enjoyed it more once the film went on but when it starts it takes a little bit to get into and to get used to the characters.
Second are some of the twists, some people will be fine with the twists and others may roll their eyes and assume it's rinse and repeat of events we've seen before in other pixar films. I'm in the former of the category but I suspect others will be in the latter.
Finally it's how the film ends. I don't want to go into it too much but it feels like the film is going to end in a bold and brave way but instead feels a little too safe like they thought not many would appreciate the ending.
Moving onto the negatives and honestly after much thinking, I only have two. First there are a few moments that feel a little unclear and leaving you questioning how certain moments are able to happen. I can't say more than that without going into spoiler territory.
And my final negative is the villain. I found the villain to be incredibly annoying, quite forced in places and was just unnecessarily used as well. It felt like a short role that was extended for filler moments.
However besides those negatives, this is an outstanding achievement from pixar which will resonate with a lot of people and has some incredibly touching moments. This could potentially be the best pixar film ever made but I really need to think about it.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
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