This movie follows the typical south american style of "Magical Realism", famous for instance for the novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It combines the realism of a small Colombian village with the magical impossibility of a grandma that admits to being wrong about something.

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” just beat “Let It Go” for Disney’s highest charting hit from an animated film.

One of the things I love about this movie is how most of the powers correspond to family roles, e.g. the strong one, the one who changes shape in order to please others, the one who knows everyone's business, the one who speaks uncomfortable truths and gets scapegoated, and so on. It's really clever.

By the way, the rebuilding of Casita took months. They didn't make it obvious, but you can see that halfway through that sequence that the father's bee stings have already healed, WITHOUT the healing food. It's during this time they likely did most of the actual talking and healing.

The moment that shows the ENTIRE THEME is when Isabella gets startled, pops a bunch of flowers in her hair, and Abuela pulls out the single white one. Even when startled she has to be perfect, and she has to show herself in ways that OTHER people like.

This is the story of millions of Colombian people. We lost everthing. Disney thanks to show to the world our Colombian breaks, hurts and pains... also our love, music, color and amazing culture

I read that Disney thought kids would want Isabella dolls because she was beautiful and perfect. But there was more of a demand for Luisa dolls because she was super strong. They actually had to make more Luisa dolls.

Disney basically used their own villain trope to sub/consciously trick the audience into believing Bruno must be bad, when actually he’s a precious little dumpling!!! There’s also some great tie ins with the importance and history of emeralds in Colombia ☺️

04:51 One way to look at Isa is to look at this moment. She's saying exactly what Alma says like 30 seconds later. Her words and opinions have been molded by her Grandma. Of course, this isn't bad, but it shows how much her grandmother has influenced her and groomed her into the perfect golden child who has to uphold the family and the family image.

(24:55) "She's only thinking about herself" hold on, that is actually a good thing. up til that moment, she was NOT thinking about herself. granted, we haven't really seen it that much in the movie, but she was never doing things for herself. she made flowers because it was needed. We never saw her actually being selfish. she had only two interactions with Maribel up to this point in the movie, the hair in the face, and the "I don't want a word out of you", both can be boiled down to "the family needs this to go flawlessly, so don't screw it up".

One aspect I like about this flick is that there's no villain. It's less about a cut-out evil-doer and more about bad things done by good people with justification... then changing their ways to avoid continuing to do damage.

24:54 "She really only thinks about herself." Right after she mentioned the exact opposite circumstance by making the family happy at her personal expense and detriment. XD

What I enjoy so much about this movie is that the plot has rather low stakes - like the world is not gonna end or anything. It's mainly just this family and how their behaviours affect each other...

Because I'm Mexican, it is my duty to explain this on every react to Encanto. In Spanish "Miercoles" means "Wednesday", but it's a way of deflecting from "meirda" which means shit. So it's like saying "ah, shoot" instead of "ah, shit".

Antonio is a true homie. He sent that toucan to make sure mirabel would be alright.

Bruno was 'Evil Green' in the 'We Don't Talk about Bruno' song because people were portraying him as a villain when really all he was doing was telling people prophecies they didn't want to hear. His prophecy stones are probably green for the same reason, not because they are evil but because they are unwelcome.

I don't think Dolores can control her hearing. She's always talking in a whisper, and claps her hands really quietly and we see her cover her ears at times.

As a latin american I can tell you, your first mistake when it comes to Pepa is assuming you can just tell a latina to calm her emotions.

The actress Stephanie Beatriz (who voices Mirabel) apparently recorded the song "Waiting On A Miracle" while she was IN LABOR. Holy moly, she's awesome!

In the song "dos oruguitas" or "two Caterpillar" the lyrics say "Hay que partir y construir su proprio futuro" Which means "needs to break and build your own future" So the house needs to break to creat a better future or like how the Caterpillar have to break out of the cocoon to became a butterfly "or a better versions of themselves"

The song has a lot of meaning, especially if you are Colombian. It talks about growing up, transforming yourself, adapting and growing, especially when violence has touched your life as it has happened to all of us in Colombia. Also, for us, butterflies, especially yellow ones, are a symbol. Our Nobel Prize winning writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, uses them as a symbol of the resilience of the people of my country, and how we transform pain and sadness into something better and more beautiful. How we have overcome violence and pain to grow as people, as a country, and to move forward in spite of everything.

Isa's look when Abuela says she "spoke to the Guzmans" says it all. She REALLY doesn't want this, and the five babies line just makes it worse.

How did they make a sentient house so freaking adorable? Seriously it was my favorite character after Camilo.

The Bruno's green is Disney's "Go Away Green". Which is the color in the parks for things they don't want you to notice. AKA, we don't talk about Bruno.

WHAT? Totally disagree when you guys said “She only think about her self” referring to Isabella. Isabella never allow herself to actually think for herself. She was so pressure to be this “GOLDEN CHILD” everyone wanted her to be. She even says it “I didn’t want to marry him, I was doing for the family”. Image even marrying a man you don’t love just because your family is expecting for you to do so, abuela basically chose Mariano for her. So she was in this huge bubble of perfection letting her desires, dreams and everything she truly wanted aside.

23:16 This was probably already mentioned, but Bruno's color is green because of Colombian emeralds. His visions are made of emerald.

11:14 "Ooh.. what is that? I want that.... Ok, I've got to write that down. " I had the same reaction to this scene 😂 They (arepas con queso) looked so good, I had to try them. I made some for dinner last night, and they do not disappoint. They are awesome!

According to what I've read about this film, Disney didn't want Luisa to be... bulky, I guess is the word. They wanted her strong but not big. Then they made a bunch of Isabela merch and much less of Luisa. The problem is, the Luisa merch is flying off the shelves; the Isabela, not so much.

"I wonder if the kid in the beginning who said her power was denial, if that's like a foreshadow of the whole family" what the fuck how to you manage such a great analysis why didn't i figure it out sooner god dammit

what is it about Pepe & Félix's offspring that make them the perfect information gathering team - Dolores hears the secrets, Camilo can infiltrate anywhere, and the whole animal kingdom can be spies for Antonio.

depending on how you see it everyones "gift" can be spun as a curse Peppa is going insane from lack of sleep and the strain of having to constantly push down her emotions. Julietta is the one EVERYONE counts on to heal their injuries Bruno was driven to depression, self isolation and cabin feaver becuse the whole town hated and despised him for "making bad things happen" Luisa always gets tasked with doing all the heavy lifting and no one ever thanks her, they just expect her to she will do it. Isabela was Almas favorite (becuse she ses herself and the life she could have lived in her), is forced to be pretty and never express any scence of personallity. In the dinner scen when she grews pink flowers after Dolores teases her Alma casualy pluckes of the single white flower among the pink, once again signaling to Isa that good enougth is not good enougth. Dolores hears everything and is there for not only burdened by never having a quiet moment but also to not tell anyone that Bruno never left (and watch Alma blame Mirabel for it). The reason she never told anyone (before Mirabel) is becuse they don´t talk about bruno. She tells everyone about his visionat the dinner table becuse thatsnot tecnically talking about him, it´s about Mirabel. Antonio hears that Bruno never left as soon as he gwt his gift butis bound to silence as well. The only one that´s really "spared"from a curse narrative is Camillo, but hemust have feelt soguilt that he got a gift when Mirabel didn´t (they are only a few months apart if I remember correctly). He saw how close they where when Mirabel was younger andit must have feelt horrible seeing how she was just pushed to the side after that. Camillo is also the onlyone trying to save Mirabel with his gift not the candle. Something cool someone else pointed out was that Mirabel ends up doing/helping others do everything she sings about in "waiting for a miracle". She moves the mountains (well they crack but still) She helps Isa see her value and that her power is more than just growing flowers,resulting in growing trees and other plants . I don´t remember the controling the hurricane thing I belive it was that she is the only one Casita dosn´t push out becuse she is determend to save the candle (tus "controling the hurricane She heals whats broken (the family) AND she makes Alma open her eyes to the pain she has caused.

Dos Orguitas is the Oscar song. And even though Bruno is the number one hit in the land, this one hits SO HARD. Two caterpillars in love, but they have to separate in order to chrysalis. Think the legend of the Butterfly Lovers in China.

What I love the most about this movie is that there is no villain. The Abuela may be an antagonist for a time, but in general, this movie is about a family with problems, trying to cope with them. No super complicated, no last minute villains, no plot twist that takes the movie to another direction, is all about the family.

I remember watching this and finding one of the most expressive characters in the movie was the Casita and thinking the Casita was the spirit of Pedro. It looks after the family and protects them when the house falls apart like how Pedro protected the family before he died. It would also explain why Maribel didn’t get a room as Maribels gift is taking care of the family, like Pedro, so her ’room’ is the entire house.

At first, Mirabel was so happy for Antonio, her cousin (9:10), and his gift of talking to animals (8:39) (all thanks to the love she feels for him), but when the rest of her family takes the family photo without her (9:24), her smile...disappears (9:22)

"The McCallisters doorknob" Dude, no! That was too damn funny I nearly hurt myself.

I think Luisa's emotional breakdowns were meant to be less comedic than they kept portraying it. I mean, me as an audience can decide how to react to wjat a character does. But it seems like all her moments where she showed weakness, it's played out like a funny scene meant to be laughed at. Not every moment, but most of them.

Could you cover Wall-E? It's one of Pixar's all time best!

My theory about this is that Mirabel was / is intended by the Magic to take over after her grandmother as the caretaker of the house / candle. Remember the grandmother herself has no special powers except that her love for her husband ignited the candle. That's why Mirabel's "door" is the Front Door of the house. (Ah. Posted b efore I watched your reaction :) )

Isabella's song really got to me when I first watched this movie. I actually identified a lot with that character, being expected to be perfect and hit all these high expectations when all you really want to do is be left alone to make your art. Isabella is also potentially the strongest character, she could ensure a constant supply of food and a good harvest, but she's being asked to make things look pretty. no one could see what she could really do. she's also really mean to Mirabel because she feels like she's being punched down on. honestly, as the youngest child/bottom member of my not always so nice family, I get it.

With the animation, it is on an amazing level - during the strong sister's song when she says "I glow cause I know what my worth is", if you look at her shoulders, it even has the textures of fine soft short hairs that real skin has. This is some of the finest detail work I have seen - oh, and the sound is spatially correct so as someone who is singing or speaking moves to the right or left the voice does so too. Now I am wondering how long before there is a Broadway production of this because it would work perfectly on stage [ok, flying unicorn donkeys might need a bit of change in representation, but.....]

I've got "We don't talk about Bruno" fever 😭 ooh and also many might know this but the part where they all song their lines together in the end is called "Madrigal"

Speaking of talking animal comics, there's a classic Far Side comic where an inventor was able to invent a dog translator but all they say was "Hey! Hey! Hey!"

So, I've heard this go around about Bruno's green, that is his main colour is the Disney's "Go Away Green", a colour they supposedly designed to keep visible things hidden or hard to focus on. They would use this at Disney parks to hide structures, staff doors and other parts that would be considered displeasing to the eye. Bruno is not the run away family member, but the hidden one. Disney used a colour that is distinctly him but also makes him hard to find. If you look carefully in promotional posters, you may even spot him with his hood up and looking away... well it's either Bruno or Hernando, I'm not sure.

Mirabelle’s gift is similar to characters like PT Barnum from the Greatest Showman: the ability to turn any conversation into a musical number. :)

She has the gift of hugs! :D . But seriously, a surprisingly deep film about relatively small-stakes family drama that so many of us can relate to AND it has amazing music and culture? This film is to good for us.

Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the music. Hamilton, In the Heights, Moana, Tick Tick Boom(Directed the movie)

I love the fact that Bruno has been parkouring across that gap for at least a decade now.

"What kind of economical damage would this cause" YES! THANK you! Like, some of these "gifts" are a NIGHTMARE. "Sorry, we can't guarantee a crop, a local deity (because they basically are) might be in a good mood during the growing season and the crops won't get enough water".

Oh one more thing... during "We don't talk about Bruno"... Not only do you see Bruno standing on the second floor balcony bopping his head to the song, but Dolores is talking about HIM, not the boyfriend coming for dinner when she keeps saying "I can hear him" and "I can hear him right now" when the other family members in the background prepare for the boyfriend and his family in the last quarter of the song.

her power is creating song sequences that pull people into song against their will and don't realize it's happening XD

This has got to be my new favorite Disney movie. The story, the animation, the characters and the music are all just fantastic 😍👍

Ah yes, having to migrate for a sociopolitical conflict while losing a family member to end up living in a house crumbling down and filled with rats with a family in wich all members have anxiety. TRULY THE LATINAMERICAN EXPERIENCE! Yours truly, another latino who loved this film.

Stephanie Beatriz plays Mirabel. It's so funny to me how unrecognisable she is from her character on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Everyone loves the we don't talk about Bruno song, but I think Surface Pressure is so much better. Also this was the first animated movie to cover ALL textures and styles of hair because they have the animation technology now.

I saw this in the theater with my wife and her mom and we had the whole theater to ourselves, it was awesome

I think is without any doubt the best Disney Movie EVER. Amazing

I love how they hit on 3 different cultural weak spots of looking out for the family: 1. The expectation to just be strong and whiteknuckle it. 2. The expectation to be perfect and do what makes the family happy. 3. Disowning the disappointment and keep them out of sight to preserve tha family's honor.

It's so sad when you think about the fact that Alma/abuela is Bruno's mom... And he's hiding from her in the hallway before Mirabel talks to Isabela. Poor Bruno. Being the black sheep hurts

I really like that the town helps rebuild the house as repayment cause I excepted it to be really cliche and as soon as they made up the house would rebuild itself or something

I've watched this movie so many times and I stupidly never connected the fact that _the grandmother doesn't have a gift, either._ Y'all saying Meribel is leading the family in the new front door made me realize that she probably didn't receive a gift from the miracle because she's eventually supposed to take over for the grandmother. Huh.

I absolutely love this movie, The family Madrigal and We don't talk about Bruno our the only 2 songs I didn't cry... The message of this movie is incredible!

Me, seeing ‘Encanto reaction’: *clicks* Me, seeing the CR shirt and the LotR shirt: these are my kind of people

Yo this movie is an instant classic. My heart felt this deep bro

“The thing with Disney.. their villains are always green” *cackling intensifies*

Fyi; mirabelle is playing Lady Kima of Vord. 🤩

Mirabell's gift is she can slide down a freaking sand dune on her face without scratching her glasses!

That was my favorite song too. A lot of people like the Bruno song the most, but the beat of Surface Pressure is better in my mind. They are all great though. Also, I agree with your one statement about how Mirabel was taking over for her Abuela. Notice how when the magic came back there was no candle still. I think Mirabel is the new candle. My opinion is that her Abuela viewed the magic given to them as an obligation whereas Mirabel always viewed it as a gift. So by taking the magic off her Abuela's hands, she lightens the load on her so she can enjoy her life and her family while Mirabel does what she loves most, helping her family.

In the song we don't talk about Bruno, did you notice Bruno was on the balcony in Delores's room while she was singing her part at the beginning of the song

My almost 4 year old son has found his first crush in this movie Isabelle and dropped his first F bomb when the house breaks

I came here for the Encanto reaction, but now I'm obsessed with George's LOTR T-Shirt. Genius!

2:55 I love how your "oh" was right on beat for the song.

24:07 “Is the idea that she’s going to replace grandma?” Precisely.

I think that the reason for the animals putting the vision together was because of Antonio, everyone's powers were mulfunctioning and when Antonio also found out what was going on her probably unintentionally made the animals do that... That's just my theory tho

Just got finished watching the full reaction to this and it's an amazing movie/reaction! Super enjoyed this. :)

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 whole house is her room. And The reason Mirabel didn't get a gift is because she is the gift.

Thank you for showing the telenovela joke, i love it. 😂

Did you notice the times Bruno was in the background of certain scenes?

Loved it keep them coming please don't forget about part 3 of back to the future

The fact so many people who watch this movie talk about absolutely crying non stop at Luisas surface pressure song makes me so happy that it wasn't only me who felt that way, yet it also makes me feel so heartwrenched that's how so many people felt, that they couldn't stop crying because they related so much, and one of my absolutely favorite stories is of a mother who was watching this with her daughter and while she was in tears she turned to her daughter to see how she related to it and she saw she was just enjoying the song, in that moment she realized her daughter didn't have the same burdens and trauma she did, she said the cycle ended with her, and that was heartwrenching and heartwarming

It's Columbia, they got a lot of coffee. I don't know if all the small children there are hyper-caffeinated though. I kinda want to see La Familia Madrigal as a super-hero team. Mirabel's power is the ability to stop or slow time, plus reality control / illusions, and mind control to force others into a full musical number to explain their feelings, *plus* altering their memory so they think they just had a conversation with her afterwards, all at the same time. It's pretty impressive. I also am a big fan of Dolores' little "chirp" noises. "She just thinks about herself." In that moment, Isabela was realizing that her powers were vastly more flexible than she'd ever thought, her entire life. She doesn't just make things pretty, she might be able revolutionize all agriculture. That's kind of a big deal, she's having a huge personal revelation here. Meanwhile, her annoying little sister wanted to hug her right then for some reason.

I love how we can all just refer to "the mouse" and know exactly what you're talking about. lol

When I clicked on the video I wasn’t expecting two reactors !!! Omg two for one holy hell !

9:30 I mean, technically, she was asked when they said for "Everyone to come," but because of her own issues, she mentally excluded herself then, and no one seems to have cared enough to notice. After all, no one else was named to come for the photo either, they just didn't have ingrained in their minds that they aren't a part of "everyone."

To be fair, alma never saw what bruno saw, she only saw Mirabel not getting her powers and her son dissapaird "becuse of it".

One of the things that I’ve noticed (that no one else has commented on) is that right before Waiting For A Miracle, when her family goes to take a photo, she doesn’t move. She doesn’t even try to get into the photo, and if you look carefully at the other family photos, she’s not in any of them. Meaning, someone, likely Abuela, asked her to step aside before. Her missing out on family photos was purposeful and not accidental like it seems.

Thanks for this reaction 🥰 Keep up the awesome content! 🙏

In a way I'm glad that you two can't include so much of the music, because I can watch your video without sobbing. Luckily I was actually chopping an onion, so I had cover if my roommate walked in!

19:21 whole family being in denial, never thought of that but that is so true!!

I liked that you said “they” about little human under the bed. As a Bigender human I get put into the female thing a lot and it hurts. I found it most respectful of you to say “they” until you know how they feel about such things

The mouse is not so evil. Other reaction videos have almost complete songs with no problem.

Surface Pressure was my favorite song too! So many good songs though, I really love them all. Thanks for your reactions!

People keep saying it's terrible that the family left her out of that picture, but it's way more sad then that. It's easy to get lost in a crowd, any one of them could have thought she was on the other side of the group. She is quite small after all, but she's not so small that anyone need to be in charge of her. Those that MIGHT have noticed her missing wasn't going to stop the next step in this "perfect night" that they had been pressured into for weeks! Grandma called out, "We need a picture. Everyone come!" She CHOSE not to go, other people even passed her to get closer. SHE decided not to join her family for that photo. I don't think she felt worthy enough to be in that picture, or be a part of that family anymore. That's why she wasn't there.

to think how buff Bruno legs must be having to climb the cliff in his room every day for years. Till he left.

5:52 I'mm getting RPG flashbacks...I once played in a superhero game, where i was the only one without any powers...but evenually it turned out that mine were...unobrusive, hard to notice, passive/unconscious powers, that I had no control over, but that turned out to be mighty in the course of time. I wonder if that's what's going on with this lady.

Alan Tudyk plays the Toucan

Simone’s “it’s a very angry mouse” shouldn’t have killed me the way it did…but it did 😂😂😂

When you asked if it reminded you of anything I immediately thought of Ghostbusters. “Well when we reach 20 tell me, I’m gonna throw up.”

Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!

24:15 Congrats... you just figured it out. there is so much confusion about this but its so obvious. Abuela wont' live forever and Mirabella is the new matriarch. The Casitia is crumbling due to the fighting of the two matriarchs and the casita's split loyalty.