It seems to be a common agreement that the most unbelievable thing about the movie isn't magic, but that an abuela would ever admit to being wrong.

my family literally has a bruno. Uncle José never really fit in with everyone and felt things too strongly, and it led to him falling in with a bad crowd. he took his own life at 17, and this is something that is NEVER discussed in our family. I've barely seen more than a dozen photos of him, including the one in my room. You can't talk to abuela about him either, she never got over the pain of losing him. it made my mom paranoid about my own struggles with depression, and she's always said he watches over me and my siblings. we just can't bring our Bruno home.

I’ve seen a lot people say that the reason Mirabel doesn’t get a gift is because she’ll be the keeper of the miracle after her grandmother passes and that she’ll be the new person in charge. The miracle/candle needs someone to keep the magic alive and that job will pass on to Mirabel :)

Pepa has red hair because she has a recessive gene, just like how abuela and Pedro both have straight hair and all three of their kids have curly hair it just comes down to genes. My daughter was born with brown curly hair like me and now she has straight blonde hair from her father's side, while my son has dark brown curly hair like Bruno's. Loved this reaction!

Did anyone notice how when Isabella grew flowers on her head, Abulia picked off the only off colored one and dropped it?

The thing with the picture bit, for me, is that she didn't even try to get into the picture. It wasn't like they told her she wasn't allowed. Abuela said "everyone gather round!" And Mirabel didn't move. That said... how badly must she have internalized all of this to assume she's not invited into the family picture?

I'mma tell you, no Disney movie has made me cry more than this movie did. My grandma's side of the family is Puerto Rican and I was basically raised as the Isabella of the family until I hit my later teens and I knew that was definitely not the life I was going to live so after graduation, I just picked up and left. It wasn't until a few years after I moved away and got out of the house that my Grandma began to reach out. The passive aggressiveness in this movie is very much what my entire childhood was like and it hit hard.

my family is half black and half puerto rican and this movie fucking HURT😭😭 the generational trauma on both sides slapped me in the face and i cried, because this was truly the movie i needed

I love what you said at the end. They had to fix the foundation of the family. Generational trauma is real

The Triplets (Pepa, Julieta, Bruno) are 50 Mirabel and Camilo are 15 Luisa is 19 Isabela and Delores are 22 Antonio is 5

I have a headcanon that Dolores lied about the 5 kids to try & dissuade Isabella from marrying Mariano 🤣

I'm half Colombian on my mum's side, and she makes the best Arepas con queso oh my goodness not even dry

Mirabel: Entertains the children and is clearly the one they feel is most approachable to ask about the Madrigal family. she gives Antonio the courage and confidence to accept his gift she helps Isabella realize that perfection isn't necessary she makes Louisa realize she's been carrying too much she connects her cousin Dolares with her true love she gets Bruno out of the walls and reassures him that he is not to blame for everything she helps Abuela to let go of her past and stop pressuring the family to be one way or another. She has the deepest connection to the house and she has the ability to see the world through the eyes of others, which is why she is present throughout all the songs like surface pressure, we don't talk about Bruno and what else can i do. in short, she is gifted, without having to have a "magical" gift.

I love how you pointed out how this movie reflects how first generation immigrants have to live. My father is from Venezuela, and I was born in the U.S. he would always tell me about how he had to struggle growing up, especially with all the civil wars around him. As a kid I always resented the fact how he would always push me in terms of schooling. But now looking back I now know he just wanted the best for me. This is probably one of my favorite movies to date. P.S. I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like arepas much, I'm not to big a fan of masa. But my mom is Mexican so tortillas are bomb

It's a common mistake when watching the movie to think that when the abuela and abuelo Pedro were fleeing from there home it's motivated on inmigration, when in fact the movie is specially set in Colombia for a reason, as you must know the forced displacement of communities by the guerrilla, the FARC and the drug cartels is common ocurrance, and they are showed running away from there home and followed by the assailants

Generational trauma. There's like a reddit or twitter thread out there where first generation children of immigrants/refugees talk about how they're like forced to be perfect like Isa or the "strong one" like Luisa. And so forth. This was written by Latinx folks ABOUT the immigrant experience. My grandmother was a first generation daughter of Polish immigrants who literally had to flee in the middle of the night because the Cossacks were coming for her father.

Mirabel didn't get her gift at 5. She's 15 at the time of the movie. Her abuela's been distant with her for 10 years because of her not getting the gift.

Bruno left when Mirabel was 5 and Mirabel found him when she was 15. 10 years later.

Both of my parents have thick, dark brown hair and I ended up with sort of fine, reddish brown hair (likely from my Dad’s side but I don’t know who) and every time my mom brushes my hair she always feels the need to tell me how much my hair isn’t like the rest of my family’s. It was nice to see someone like Pepa on screen because it made me feel like it was okay for me to be apart of the family. If you’re wondering, I’m not Colombian. My mom is Mexican and my Dad is white American. So I’m sure something came in from him.

I love the dad's curse .... miércoles 😂

Funny story, Tia Pepa is so much like mine!! My grandfather has the brown hair brown eyes, and his two sisters were born with bright reddish blonde hair. My great grandparents also had brown hair and brown eyes.

8:05 I just noticed that Isabela breathes heavily, such a subtle detail adds a lot to understand what happens in her mind. She's clearly uncomfortable with this whole thing but doesn't dare to express anything that can disturb the peace.

Honestly I would be socially awkward if I didn’t talk to anyone for 10 years.

"Why would she tell everyone? What's her motive?" I have watch this movie many times and I feel like I keep learning new things. Antonio got the gift of talking to animals because he felt lonely, wanted friends, and loved animals. So time to reflect on others. Delores most likely got her gift because she is obsessed with gossip, eavesdropping, and knowing everything. So it makes sense she would tell everyone. Bruno is an interesting concept since the famous quote of "Depression is living in the past, and anxiety is living in the future." Bruno must have anxiety issues and obsessed about the future. Thus he can see the future now. Mirabel cared more about family than anything else. She wanted to keep her family together and loves all of them deeply. Thus no power was granted as a power. She learned to rely on instincts and thoughts over abilities. Only one I can't really figure out is Pepa. Not sure what would cause someone to get the power of a cloud attached to emotions.

I"ve watch many reaction videos on Encanto, maybe because the immigrant family themes resonated so much with me. I too can so clearly recognize the toxicity of generational trauma and family expectations. Luna I wanted to thank you for sharing that perspective in your reactions. It's a travesty Stephanie Beatriz isn't awarded somehow - the pain, the longing, of Mirabel's speech to Abuela is some of finest acting I've seen, or the earnest desperation she conveys when she busts into Antonio's powers party to alert the family of the house cracks. Honest and raw emotional punches.

About Pepa's red hair, we never got to see Alma's or Pedro's parents or any of their relatives so she could have inherited it from one of them. I have blue eyes and my whole family has brown. The only one who had blue eyes was my great grandpa

Its not uncommon to find colombians with every color hair and different skin tones. We are not homogenous. This doesn't happen in every family but, for example, my grandfather is blond with blue eyes, my uncles by my mom's side have brown hair with blue or green eyes. While my cousins have every type of hair color from dark brown to blond. Me and my brothers have different skin colors and none of us have blue or green eyes. My little brother has darker skin with curly brown hair and my granpa, by my father side, had deep dark beautiful skin color. That's the beauty of colombian's diversity.

My interpretation of the ending with mirabels door knob is that she's basically the next abuela but she can learn from the past mistakes of the family

I’m Filipina, and MAN do these themes of intergenerational drama hit hard. Thanks for pointing these things out (especially re: keeping up appearances in public, shame, family pressure, etc.).

Like most people they’ve theorized the reason Miabel didn’t get a gift was because she’s destined to be Abuela’s heir after she is gone. Part of me is hoping the this becomes a series, like they did with Tangled. Though the downside would be that a series wouldn’t happen until at best between 2025-2030. And that’s if they even thought about doing a series.

"Maybe their powers are metaphors for their role in the family..." - I've watched a couple of family therapists react to this movie, and it looks like you're dead on! There are a handful of roles that people tend to fit into in a family's dynamics, and each of these roles corresponds *very* neatly to one of the Madrigals. Either the writers did their homework, or they were just extremely insightful; props to them either way!

Did you notice at 8:15? Abuela picked and removed the white flower out of the pink ones, presumably because it didn't match the others. That's how obssesed she is with perfection.

I hope Disney sees the success of this movie and gives it its own Disney+ show so we can have a deep dive on each family member because I think they're all so interesting! Also, very random, but where did you get your earrings?? They're so cute!!

This movie was so beautiful. I love that Disney and Pixar have been branching out into different cultures the last few years, and I hope they continue. Also, yeah, they get their Gifts at 5, and Mirabel is 15 during the main part of the film, so that's 10 years Bruno lived in the walls with the rats.

Best reaction to this movie! I've seen around 8 or 9 reactions so far. LOL. You discussed the deep meaning of the movie and not just what it is showing on the surface. Keep it up! 👍

There are many kinds of arepas here in Colombia btw xD the ones Julieta cooks for Mirabel are arepas con queso (stuffed with cheese) they're soft and slightly moisty, mostly prepared for breakfast and as a side dish for scrambled eggs, other kinds are just dry as hell but if they're freshly made and accompanied with the right food they still taste amazing

9:20 I agree! I also think Camilo's a people pleaser. Like he will become what you need him to be. Dolores hears evrything I feel like she's the person evryone rants too only she doesn't get a choice she will always know about evryone's struggle wether she wants to or not. Isabela as the oldest was probably always told to be a good example and it turned to her having to be perfect to get validation and just afraid to step out of the mold. Julietta growing up (sorry if I spelled it wrong) probably was always the one to heal her mother as in try to make her feel better. And now she's the one who has to always make it better. If someone's hurt it's her job to help, keep evryone healthy and happy. She's the main care taker of the family. (And the village considering she has to mass produce her food to heal the villagers. So she doesn't have time to cook fancy or elaborate recipes, she hast to keep it as bland and simple as possible.) I could go on but I'm gonna stop here.

I went into this psyched because I am from Barbados and I spent 6 weeks in Colombia in uni. So as a West-Indian/Latina/Columbian I was ready. I am sooooo happy with how it turned out. Their are so many teeny things that feel so local to me, like Camilo's finger snap when Antonio explores his room and Mirabel pointing to Antonio's gift with her mouth. Those are things I do and I never see them anywhere. Also, I love how ambiguous the movie is. Everybody has a different opinion on Mirabel. I feel like this is the most timeless thing Disney has ever created. Also, I have seen this film 9 times... 6 in Japanese, 3 in Spanish... and Dos Oruguitas gut punches me every time. I only know Sebastian Yatra from being featured in everybody else's song, but I hope this gives him bigger presence on the non-hispanic scene.

Its interesting to see how this movie is better understood by the latin comunity. Not to say that the americans dont get the movie but I already whatched like 10 different reactions by them and they do be missing and mixing stuff, some take forever do get the point, it really is a movie made for us. And you're so right, generational trauma is such a hard topic.

I love that you say abuelita instead of abuela

"One of those babies has red hair.. from where?" Recessive traits in both parents.

I loved so much that the dad said miércoles, reminded me of “camisa negra” de Juanes 😂

I think Mirabel was 5 when Bruno left, cause I think everyone gets their gift at this age

One thing i wished happened in this movie is that they ACTUALLY apologize to Bruno for making him feel irrelevant and a burden to the family. They made him feel like his gift only brings harm to the family and they blamed everything on him, when in reality, all he does is look into their future. I was just disappointed that no one, not even abuela apologized to Bruno, but overall, the movie does well at representing unspoken conflicts between families. :))

you caught on to the fact that Bruno was also the voice of Sid way faster than I did 😂 I didn't realize until the very end, when Bruno was yelling At Abuela😂

This was SUCH an incredible movie about intergenerational trauma in immigrant families ❤️ Your emotional reaction to this movie reminded me of mine when I first saw it. The message of this movie is so important. I love how the final scenes confirm that Mirabel had a power all along -- as you said, she was the one who could get everyone to open up and being themselves. She was the heart of the family. Her first door ceremony didn't work because it was the wrong door - her door is the front door because her room is the whole house, because just like the "animal guy" Antonio got a jungle room and Isabella got her fields of plants, Mirabel, as the heart of the family, gets Casita, filled with her family themselves. Just like how the other doors had the person in the middle and etched brighter, with the depiction of their power etched more lightly around them, Mirabel was brightest on the front door, her family etched more lightly around her as the depiction of her power. She's the next Abuela and the new Candle.

surface pressure and dos oruguitas are the only times i've EVER teared up/cried watching a disney movie. it's amazing

I love this movie! Its so gorgeous, and I love the music and storyline. Even though I know Colombia’s probably not like this at all, but I definitely want to go and see the culture.

This was a really enjoyable video and you had some great insights from the story! Your perspective is very interesting. I'm latina too, albeit brazilian not colombian and as surprising as it might sound there were so many little details that my family could relate to watching this movie as well, even though we are not hispanic and our people are not close with Colombia and its people. It felt personal to us too. Even down to the gestures, vibes and the facial expressions or props, such as Camilo snapping his fingers when he thought Antonio's room was cool, the family tropes, the being able to love your family even with their flaws, jealousy, toxicitiy, gossiping about you behind your back and stuff like that; the coffee grinding machine when the family was having breakfast, and the look Abuelita gave Mirabel when she left the party and saw no cracks, as if telling her "we'll talk about this later in private" (more like i'm gonna yell at you later), everything just felt so familiar. You can tell how many latinos worked on this because there are tiny details everywhere only we could know and think to include in a movie, and some of course only Colombian people could know too.

I'm not Colombian, but my dad is from El Salvador (my mom is Mexican), and my brothers and I are first generation born in the US, and even though my father and us (Mom, brothers and I) don't talk anymore due to years of abuse from his part, this movie hit me pretty hard and had me sobbing at the end. He grew up during the Guerra Civil Salvadoreña and witnessed so many horrors even within his family, in his hometown, and was even pulled into the guerrilla as a young boy, so a part of me thought about him after years when seeing this. Your reaction to Encanto is absolutely amazing, and I wish you all the best!!!! 💕

Loved the commentary, you made a lot of great observations that I didn't realize -- like how at the end not only did they rebuild the foundations of their house, but they were rebuilding the foundations of their family. Great work 👏👏👏

If you're interested in some more insight into the family dynamics - like how Dolores' gift represents her role in the family and why she felt like she just had to tell everyone abt the prophecy - there's a fascinating video by a family therapist explaining some of the family roles and dynamics. (With me not having a lot of contact with the rest of my parents' enormous families myself, it was super interesting)

I am not Hispanic or Latino, but I definitely relate to the themes of generational trauma and an unreasonable Oma. (Dutch for grandmother) A lot of my problems with my Oma and my Mother I saw reflected in Abuela. Unfortunately, mine won't admit their shortcomings.

Mirabel is the candle. It was the candle that brought magic and miracle to the house the first time with Abuela .. And in absence of the candle, Mirabel, the human candle fixes it. The reason Mirabel didn't get a gift is because she is the gift.

Thank you for this wonderful reaction! 🙏🥰 Keep up the great content!😍

My family is east Asian and my great aunts grandson also has ginger hair. My dad had green eyes. I have a cousin who's pale while her sister is brown. Even my mothers 6 siblings hardly resemble each other. Their kids also don't. There are some things like hook noses, jaw shape and bith marks that have been passed down of course. I have my grandfather's birthmarks that skipped my dad and his other kids. It's all normal. That's how genetics work.

That was fun! Great video reaction. Well done! 👍🏾

Eyyy Colombiana! Hopefully you can come visit sometime. Honestly the arepas are much better when they're not a side. Those are super dry but the big arepas con queso like the ones Mirabel's mom makes are a lot softer and the cheese makes them more savory

I enjoyed your edits and reaction, very close to how I felt about certain things in the movie. You're so insightful.

I've always theorized that Dolores only told everyone about what she overheard from Augustine and Mirabel because she saw it as an opportunity to disrupt the proposal, since she likes Mariano. I back this up with the fact she knew Bruno was still living in Casita but never said anything, meaning she's more than capable of keeping huge secrets to herself, but this one presented an opportunity to prolong the inevitable and she wouldn't have to watch the man she loves marry her cousin just yet. Even if that throws Mirabel under the bus and upsets Isabella.

OH MY GOSH SOMEONE ELSE WHO READ TUESDAYS IN THE CASTLE!!!! Watching the movie everytime Casita did anything I was like “the castle :D Mirabel is time the main character from the book she’s friends with the house!!”

This is one of the most insightful and analytical takes on the movie 🍿 I’ve seen yet! Well done & very entertaining! 👏

I keep watching these reactions just to see how people react to Bruno. I love him, he's my favorite 😭

I loved this. Thank you for sharing this video!

Never saw you before, here for Encanto, but I am so impressed with your observational skills and your movie genre savviness! Gonna check out your other reactions

From my perspective, Delores told everyone because of the "empath trope". If you watch a lot of movies with empaths, or imagine yourself in their shoes, it will raise the question "how do they cope". I think, when you get too much information in your head, the best way to cope is to give it away. Especially, if you got one huge chunk that you just can't stop thinking about. Some thoughts need time and processing, like when you need to tell your friend\close one about the problem at work that bothers you every day, and it gets easier when you do.

This has been added to my list of favourite Disney movies! I loved it

When I saw Pepa’s gift I thought it would be a symbolism for being possibly bipolar and/or having undiagnosed anxiety. She’d probably be the only one that would be okay with losing their gift. She clearly was never able to fully express her emotions since she got them. Luckily she has Felix in her life. He actually keeps her calm and admires her way of expression. Thankfully she can show her emotions now whether it makes sunny, rain, or snow. ☁️🌤🌧🌨⛈

love this reaction and review so much 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

Abuelito's sacrifice for his family is what created the miracle of the candle to protect everyone he loved.

I loved your analysis throughout the movie! ❤️

Fun fact: when the actress of Mirabel, Stephanie Beatriz recorded the song "Waiting on a Miracle," she was pregnant with her baby girl. So she sang that while she really WAS waiting on a miracle. Just thought that was so tender 10:28 In the corner, behind Mirabel, you can see Bruno hiding. Mirabel was five when she didn't get her gift, now she's fifteen. I was disappointed that we wouldn't get to see her quinceañera

Really enjoyed your commentary!

I loved hearing your commentary. Your cultural insights gave me a better understanding of a movie that I already love so much.

I loved your commentary, it really gave a clear view of the culture behind the film. Also love that you basically predicted every plot point

What a great reaction video. Very insightful.

Amazing review. Im Colombian too and really appreciated your opinions on the movie. I am truly ColombianProud by that movie

God you picked up on EVERYTHING this movie was symbolizing!! You GOT it.

Fantastic analysis!! Subscribed! 👌🏽

Great reaction! It was pretty insightful!

First of all your gorgeous 😍 And I thought it was Pixar too, the dedication not just to the animation and stuff but the culture, I never would’ve thought it was just Disney lol

I love that you said something about them needing to rebuild the foundations of the home and the family, and the next song moments later starts with "Look at this home, we need a new foundation".

Yayy it's great to see a Colombian reacting to this movie! ❤

XD Every time someone learns Bruno is John Leguizamo, they're like "Omg, he's the voice of Sid!" I'm just sitting here "He was Luigi in Super Mario Bros." "He was the lead in The Pest" "He was the evil clown in Spawn"

You know looking back, I always found it odd when Abuela just took one flower out of Isabella’s hair and not the rest. Then realize that it’s the one floor that doesn’t match her look. The one that wasn’t “pretty”. That is next level micromanaging.

Lin Manuel Miranda the person who wrote the majority of the songs says he would love to write a second movie. I would love to see that. He also wrote the songs for Moana, in the heights and wrote/directed Hamilton.

Your commentary nailed it!

I didn’t hear the Sid in Bruno’s voice till now and now it’s the only thing I’ll hear. XDD

I loved your commentary!

i have a few books from the "tuesdays at the castle" series! i gave them to my sister some time ago but it's nice to see that there's finally someone out there who's also read them!

living in Colombia i dislike most arepas but you you should try Arepas Boyacenses, you might find you like them they are more moist. The yellow butterfly is with Pedro in all his scenes, then when he dies it moves to the candle, and then is Mirabel, if you read 100 years of solitude, the yellow butterflies represent infinite love and hope for the future. The miracle starts because the grandfather sacrifices himself with infinite love for his children and hope for their future. The house understands that is Mirabel's role in the family she is the heart she is the centre of the home, the house already knows the house is breaking due to the unreasonable expectations for everyone to be perfect in their roles. "make your family proud!" it is why she gets no "gift" The butterfly symbols in the kitchen and elsewhere in the house change colour as the light of the day shine though them, showing you what else is going on around, all nod to how Gabriel García Márquez uses butterflies to represent things in both Cien años de soledad, and his other writings, originally the idea of the story for encanto was to be over 100 years but was shortened to make the movie shorter... this whole movie is a love letter to Gabriel Márquez who not only wrote one of the most important pieces of literature in Colombia, the gold standard in Magical Realism but also he later won the noble prize for literature. There are so many other references to the culture here, many that Colombians watch accept as normal life and do not realise is not understood by others, from Mirabel pointing under the bed using her lips not her fingers, Camilo doing the finger snapping in Antonio's room (there is always someone doing that!), too Felix doing the throat hand movement to tell Mirabel to shut up, or her father saying "miércoles" the list goes on and on or Camilo singing about Bruno's 7 ft frame, as the last time he saw Bruno, Camilo was only 6 years old so of course his Tio would look huge to him. But you should read Cien años de soledad again, everyone reads at school but it is a school project, same as Shakespeare, as an adult and because you want to read it, you will take so much more from the story. Also if you had not realised the immigration that happens that causes the Encanto to form is the the 1,000 days war, ask your grandmother about it, so that is 1890's to 1900 and then the Encanto is separated from the rest of the country for the next 50 years they are disconnected from the rest of Colombia. There is so much more to unpack, and i am sure that many people will do essays on its significance. then there is the Caño Cristales they are crossing at the beginning in the Serrania de la Macarena province of Meta, matches very well with the song over the top of it. plus the colour change of the river only happens for five months of the year. Or that at Mariano's proposal they are eating Ajiaco the list goes on and on. I enjoyed your reaction

Very beautiful and wise what a lovely reaction! I would love love love if you begun to start posting more reaction videos, rather to movies or series. Well I'm subbed now thank you for sharing this masterpiece with us!

It really is an amazing, heartwarming... and heartbreaking movie. I do feel that it is rather interesting that Disney has tackled intergenerational trauma handled in unhealthy ways in both of their recent movies set in Latino families... but at the same time, I have to say that I absolutely love how this one didn't have a villain. Not one present in the modern-day, at least. The problem is the improperly resolved trauma, and that is every bit as big of a problem as some Ernesto or Gaston. In some ways, it is worse because there's no one able to be faced as the focus of the trauma. Not having a concrete villain doesn't give you a figurehead that you can face down with... which is its own kind of disempowering.

I'm not Colombian or even Latino, but I did grow up with generational trauma and I see so much of my mom in Abuela and so much of myself in Mirabel. everything she does reminds me so much of me as a person and what I did to stand up to my mother. and what I couldn't do. I am the black sheep because I was the only one brave enough to say "this is wrong." and...y'know, my mother will likely never admit that she was wrong. she will never admit that she hurt me. so seeing her be able to get that, it's so bittersweet. but I think it's important. this movie is incredibly special for me.

During Delores part in We don’t talk about Bruno if you pay attention to the balcony behind her as she’s moving mirabelle around you can see Bruno up there jamming to the song lol she knows he’s there so she’s making sure mirabelle can’t see him. I didn’t notice it til someone pointed it out and I had to go watch now I can’t unsee it!

Literally watched this yesterday and bawled my eyes out😭🥺such a lovely movie

I support you for being Colombian!! 😁

I remember Tuesday’s in the castle! That was one of my favorite books growing up!

I’m Puerto Rican and I’m happy Lin Manuel Miranda did Colombia justice with creating all the music in this movie. Beautiful culture and people.

You hit the nail on the head. Their powers represent their role in the family.