As a Colombian, I can confirm that the only thing about this movie that isn’t realistic is the abuelita admitting she was wrong, apologizing, and then changing

I think what's different about this Disney movie is that it starts out where most Disney movies END. In the past, the whole _point_ of the Disney movie would BE Mirabel "discovering" that she doesn't need a gift to be special. But in this movie, she starts out already knowing that. So, what could be wrong? Well, it turns out the _positivity_ is wrong. Everything is cracking, and because everyone in the family knows they have to be positive, helpful, serving, and... _perfect,_ no one addresses the generational trauma. That's _SO much deeper_ than most of the messages of Disney's recent movies. They've all been obvious from the first ten minutes. Not this one. My family is healthy now, thank God, but for most of my childhood and teens, we were very much a "perfect on the outside" family, and we all felt the pressure of maintaining that image. My older sister couldn't handle it, so she rebelled and left, and when that was swept under the rug, *_*I*_* was swept into the position of the oldest sister. "Surface Pressure" and the plight of the two oldest daughters are so relatable to me: feeling like I had to hold everyone together by being the perfect and good and strong and Right daughter my parents needed. MAN, this movie got me. AND DISNEY GOT THEIR MAGIC BACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

This is such an underrated Disney classic in the making. The depth is incredibly moving I still tear up every time, particularly Dos Oruguitas.

I always like seeing the turn around after Abuela's story is shown. I think we're so used to there being a tangible villain that it's easy to decide that she's the worst, a terrible person putting so much pressure on the family. Then to see her perspective and realize it's not so black and white.

The reason why the husbands are not easily forgotten is because they aren't expected to be special in anyway. Mirabel was expected to be "special" and have a gift, but she didn't get one making her seem very unremarkable to everyone else. It's the same case with children of celebrities. Most children are allowed to be normal, but if you are the child of a celebrity you are expected to be just as special as them or you'll be constantly compared to your gifted parents. You aren't allowed to be normal. Lastly, Isabela's plant gift is actually one of the most powerful gifts you can get. It's right up there with Tia Pepa's gift. Any power that gives you control over Mother Nature is automatically a very powerful gift. It's a reason why characters like Poison Ivy and Swamp Thing are terrifyingly strong.

When they took the family picture after little Antonio got his gift. It wasn't that they didn't want her in the picture. It's that they didn't even notice she wasn't there.

Glad I'm not the only one who teared up in the first 15 minutes and bawled at Abuela's back story 🙃

The genius of this movie extends into the outfits. Abuela wears crimson Pepa's side wears yellow. Bruno wears green. Julietta's wears blue... Except Isabella, who wears pink. Pink is a shade of red. It shows that Isabella is being what Abuela wants her to be, rather than being herself. Until her song, when her outfit turns a dark blue.

I am Mexican and I love to see all the beautiful different lantin cities and cultures represented. This movie truly is an Encanto

It was important for me to find Latinos reacting to this, cuz I wanted to see how ppl connect to the story. I watched the movie with my gf who's parents are from Ecuador & Peru & it was very emotional & touching for us both. Even I, who's just African American, could relate to some of the familial themes. Such a great movie!

I went through the whole movie hating Abuela until that end scene. I realised she had hardened herself at the expense of others because she was determined to play her role just like everyone else. She was the steady one, the one holding the family together so she buried her hurt and didn’t let anyone close.

I’m Latino with my dad coming from Mexico and my mom coming from Guatemala. I’m glad everyone from different Latin backgrounds got representation.

Was literally choking back sobs in the theater. Such a special movie

The generational trauma is real in this movie

This was such an incredible story of intergenerational trauma the pressure 2nd and 3rd gen kids can feel to live up to the sacrifices their immigrant and refugee parents made. I know that there have been so many times when I have been hurt, only to realize that I was feeling the effects of unaddressed trauma of my parents. And I LOVE that the reason Mirabel didn't get a door and a room was because the whole house was her room and her door was the front door (if you look closely, you can see that Mirabel is etched in brighter light on the front door than everyone else, and combined with how she's centered on it, it means that her family, all around her and in the slight background, are the representation of her power, just like the other doors have the person in the center and the representation of their power all around them). Mirabel's power is to be the new Candle, and like you said, to be the life of the house and the heart of her family, which we've seen demonstrated through the whole story in how she relates to everyone and gets them to open up and supports them, and (I think) to eventually be the new head of the community the way Abuela was. I loved your reaction, I LOVED the music (I've had Dos Orugitas playing on repeat haha) and I love how emotional you became over it, and how it touched your heart.

Dos Oruguitas hit me SO HARD. I didnt think itd hit that hard, especially after I sobbed the entire movie, but seeing the translation of the words BROKE ME. I thought id be fine bc I dont know spanish but the closed captions came and PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE. The theme of butterflies and learning how to grow??? Goodbye 😭😭

I love all of the "open your eyes" references throughout the movie. We first see it in the very beginning when Abuela tells Mirabel to open her eyes and see the candle. The next time we see it is during "Waiting On A Miracle" when Mirabel is telling Abuela to open her eyes and see that Mirabel can't stay on the side. We see it again when Abuela is talking to the picture of Abuelo and asks him to open her eyes to why the house is cracking. The last time we see it is in the final song of the film when Abuela says to Mirabel "Open your eyes. What do you see?" and I think the film does a very good job of coming full circle with that. Another thing that struck me is that in the beginning of the movie when Mirabel asks Abuela what her gift will be Abuela says, "whatever gift awaits, it will be just as special as you" (or something along those lines). Later, when Antonio gets his gift, Abuela goes up to him and says "a gift just as special as you." Mirabel looks happy until Abuela says this, and then she starts getting sad (obviously not being included in the picture also made her sad) and I think it's reminding her of when she didn't get a gift. Also fun fact: Bruno's name was originally going to be Oscar, but Lin Manuel-Miranda asked to change it so he could include the line "we don't talk about Bruno no no no"

I like how some of us are angry at Abuela but when her flashback started playing, we crying so hard

dos oruguitas absolutely WRECKED me. I feel like abuela almas backstory was a reason but not an excuse - their forgiveness was only the beginning of her arc to becoming a more positive impact in her family. she still broke them, though.

I’m Mexican but abuela’s story broke me because it reminds of the stories my mom will tell me about her time crossing the border and her traumatic experiences and it pains me to imagine what all my mom went through 😞

This movie was so beautiful and it had a sista bawling at the end....when Mirabel go's to put the doorknob in, and her family is singing....."we see how bright u burn......" GURL I WAS NO GOOD! 😭😭😭😭

I took my kid for her birthday and she was like "mum are you crying?" Ahah yes! Multiple times omg it's such a good movie. We've watched it over 10 times now

I think it speaks to this film’s storytelling power that it’s resonated with so many people, regardless of cultural origin. While it definitely holds the most significance to Colombians (Abuela’s backstory in particular is so, so steeped in Colombian history), so many people can relate to these kinds of stories about intergenerational trauma and pressure to perform. Even I, who’s as white as a hispanic can get, felt so fucking seen and understood. Idk this isn’t that coherent, I’m just obsessed with this film.

I'm personally a bit of a mix between Mirabel and Isabella. I'm the golden child but at the same time everybody expects me to screw up. And I do because that's so conflicting for perfection to be expected while also being expected of to fail. There's no pleasing. So anyways I'm going to therapy now.

I think that the house itself became her room, so when she became to doubt herself and feel all that pressure, her soul cracked and so her room. In fact Bruno was already dealing with the cracks which were inside the house's wall since before he even meeting Mirabel

I'm with those who reckon that Mirabel's gift (which she was either given or was born with and so didn't need one from the house) is her sense of empathy.

Damn girl you predicted the plot of the movie 6 minutes in

honestly, antonio was the cutest. every time i saw him on screen or heard him speak i folded like a piece of paper. loved your reaction!!

What I love about this movie is the culture because even as a Haitian girl, there's so many things I relate to with how characters act and certain things like the coffee thing (I was given coffee in the morning when I was younger with bread to dip into the coffee [Amazing thing EVER]) so the culture aspect is very accurate. Especially with trying to live up to family expectations which is very prominent in many cultures besides the Latin Community (in which I identify as a Black Hispanic). Very well done and I love the music!!!

Ay dios mio, llore! My family immigrated from Guatemala when I was seven to the US, and I knew nothing of the language and being put in school where everything was different and kids were bullies because I wasn't American has scarred me to this day. As the eldest but also child of an immigrant, I had to be strong, to be perfect with grades, to learn english (don't speak Spanish, I was told by school councilors), smart and aspire to be the first in my family to go to college and earn a living. However, I wasn't very academically smart (wtf No Child Left Behind shit testing). My father tells us stories of his growing up in unimaginable poverty, and his dreams of being a singer, and of crossing the border with his brothers at 15. My parents have given all they could and still grind at work to support us, so the guilt of not being the best is real. Luisa and Isabella really spoke to me. This movie is my new Disney movie of all time

I just watched this movie earlier today, It was everything I was expecting and more. My father is Venezuelan, and he used to tell me as a child about when he was growing up in the 60's there. There would always e a power struggle in the government and countless groups fighting each other, and how many of his cousins died during those civil wars. And unfortunate it has all lead to this day, where most of my family has escaped to other countries in South America, although my grandmother, aunts and uncle are still there. And even though my father send food and medicine to my abuela, not much will reach her. Los Latinos debemos vivir juntos como uno, y aunque seamos diferentes, halamos el mismo idioma (ecepto a Brasil, pero vamos a invitarlos tambien).

yesssss! such a beautiful movie! i love how Disney explores the culture too for accurate representation! also it was really touching seeing you get emotional and i can tell that real life situation means a lot to Latinos, its really tragic

5:33 they did! they hired carlos vives to sing in the movie! he is a popular colombian singer-songwriter!

I love everything about this movie, even the flaws of the characters. And the reason why you can tell the music sounds Colombian-themed is because it IS Colombian-themed. Lin-Manuel always does his research to make his music authentic as heck. During the first song, you can literally see a house that says Colombia on the side of it. Lol And just a little trivia - Casita (aka Abuelo) plans everything, even the future. Mirabel’s outfit consists of mariposas, and her skirt has a candle, which has me wondering that Casita makes their wardrobe. This outfit basically tells us what her Gift is - the new Matriarch. Her Abuela never had a Gift when the miracle happened.

The LEAST realistic thing in this whole movie is that the fifteen year old girl pretended not to be PISSED that she was left out of the family portrait. _Me_ at that age? I would have blown out that candle before the Polaroid developed. 🌬🕯💅

I have spent the last 2 days watching this movie and reactions over and over. I can't get over how good this movie is and the music is incredible. I still sob each time.

Encanto is such a beautiful movie! I also cried during Abuela's story, Disney really seems to know how to hit you in the feels. And also, the music??? It's so good, I've been listening to the soundtrack on repeat for a couple of days now '^^

“She did get one it’s being a musical artist.” Instant subscribe that was a perfect comeback

For some reason I always thought that the reason the house was brought to life was because the house has the spirit of Pedro(Abuela's significant other). the reason why it cracked was because Pedro wanted to open Abuela's eyes and show her why she got the miracle. Encanto has comedy, an amazing soundtrack, character development, relatable family problems, and the characters themselves!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

I absolutely love at the end that the front door includes the magical and non-magical members of the family on the door. They all belong there.

i had “cafe con leche” which is kind of a latte since i was a kid, that’s so real 😂

This movie was THE best thing I've ever seen in 2021, literally. I've never been attached to something like this before, its beautiful and amazing, i really hope Disney will make similar stuff in the future

its the first animated Disney movie I have seen in a couple years. and Damn, I am in love. I was surprised how much I am into it. Such a good movie

Colombian here not only when watching this movie I was anylizing it I also was bawling my eyes out my eyes became a waterfall of tears during Dos Oruguitas and I loved the movie it is acurate and it made me miss colombia so much I have not visited in 3 years because of covid this movie is made for us and is a work of art

I just saw Encanto a few hours ago and literally never cried from any movie (animated or not) since Pixar's Inside Out I may not be South American (I'm asian btw), but what Maribel went thru hit too close to home. About proving one's self worth, being sort of the black sheep in the family and thinking you would never measure up to such unbelievable high standards What a beautiful movie

The Bruno thing is actually a coincidence. Someone who worked on Luca I think was named Bruno so they put that in as a joke. And originally in Encanto Bruno's name would be Oscar but they changed it for "we don't talk about Bruno no no no" Also fun fact: all the actors in this film are Hispanic

Our neighbors when I was a baby were from Venezuela. They taught my dad how to make what they called café con leche. (I know there are about a thousand drinks by that name out there). Its basically coffee brewed directly in milk. The grounds are literally boiled in the milk. Its really good. My dad let me try it when I was five, I've loved coffee ever since. People say coffee is an acquired taste? Yeah, well I 'acquired' it the first time I tasted it. Doesn't need to be complicated either. Just with cream or milk. Sometimes some honey. (The cafe con leche thing is a bit time consuming so I don't do it very often)

This movie taught me a very valuable lesson: We all have a purpose in life and that we play a very important role in this world as well as that the fact that we can't discover our gift at a young age doesn't mean that we aren't special, instead, it means that our gift or talent is way more special than what we can imagine. In addition to that, it teaches us how special our family is and that they are the foundation of who we are. A very beautiful movie with a strong message.

The complete breakdown because of the grandma's story and dos oruguitas. I relate 😭

I think you nailed it when you said abuela values the powers more than the people. That's why she drove Bruno away and started to damage the miracle. Mirabel values the people and relationships more than the power because she doesn't have a power, so she was able to bring the family back together. Bruno is voiced by one of my favorite character actors.

Mirabel is my favorite,i didn't liked how Abuela treated her!And i didn't liked how Bruno was treated at first either!Mirabel didn't treated him badly because she knows how it feels to be an outcast or like the black ship of the family.The family needs to recover slowly,Abuela needs to recover,everyonr from the family needs to recover

5:45 I think (And I might be wrong here) but even though Abuela doesn't have a clear power, if you pay attention you can notice that she and older Mirabel are the only ones that can communicate with the house and influence its behavior, the times the house helps the others it's by choice as they already have their own gifts to do everything else, so you could see it as the extension of the matriarchs powers taking care of the family as well as sustaining the magic that gives them all their abilities, aka the biggest power, love

This is such a touching movie to us as latinos it was time that we had something that we could relate to that wasn't necessary s Mexican thing , Theres so much Culture beyond what gringos think latin America is , and is so refreshing how we're being represented on a positive way

I've watched it four times and cried at Abuela's story each time

Every time I watch this movie I cry. You are not alone with that.

This is why I’m proud to be Colombian and I’m happy that I’m currently in vacation In Colombia 🇨🇴 right now until January 11th😢, but I’m having a blast in here with my friends and family

I really loved this movie and Coco. Just amazing. I'm in college and I have chosen Spanish as my foreign language and today was my Spanish Exam even. So, these movies are a delight. I even took to watching some telenovelas, because I was bored with normal American shows and those Spanish actors and actresses are so good-looking. Hell, some of them can even be confused for Indians.

This movie was composed by Lin-Manuel Maranda who was also the writer of the musical Hamilton for which won the Tony award for Best Musical

I've seen this movie almost a dozen times and even though I know it's coming, I still cry at the scene with Dos Oruguitas. I can't even begin to process how cute Antonio is.

*Before the movie starts* Okay, Disney, I know you're going to try and gut punch me again. Well, it won't work this time. I'm as solid as a boulder. You will not get any tears from me today! *After the movie ends* Nope, still haven't won... *drying my darn eyes* Seriously though, this hit me hard. I'm not Latino, but I do come from a large family, and to see how fractured this family really was and what the grandmother went through, that was tough. It kind of resonated with me because the grandmother kind of reminded me of my own who passed back in 2017. She wasn't overly strict like her, but she did whatever she could to keep the family tight and together. But yeah, this was a fantastic movie. I honestly wasn't expecting much after seeing the trailers, but this was a very pleasant surprise.

Your reaction to this movie is EXACTLY HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS MOVIE HHH I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUUCH!!

I love how for most of the movie, you saw pretty much everything coming... except for Abuela's story. That obviously hit you like a ton of bricks, as it did all of us. Heck, I get teary-eyed every time I watch that scene.

Mirabel looks exactly like my Daughter (she has no Colombian but she is mixed) and everytime she sees Mirabel she says Kiki (her nickname) and everytime I see someone being mean to her I literally cry because she reminds me of my daughter and I bawel at the end of the movie every time.

Ame tu reacción jaja Definitivamente una hermosa peli que toca las fibras de nosotros los latinos ✨

Love how you called the lesson abuela needed the moment Antonio got his door xD

I loved this movie!!!! You had a beautiful reaction to it and it touched me that you cried so much. 💞 it looks like it had amazing Colombian representation and it was cool hearing your perspective on it a a Latina! Merry Christmas Becky!🎄🤶

Glad you react to encanto, I'm from Colombia and i cry a lot with the context of the "desplazados" because Is a reality in my country, you are beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

Young Mirabel: touching the doornut (door disappeared) Casida: you opening the wrong door >:|

As soon as she said "Maybe that's what she has, the gift of positivity" I was like "THAT'S ME, THAT'S WHAT MY GIFT WOULD BE!!" I mean, I already HAVE the gift of positivity, but maybe, like, more powerful, with a few other physical powers thrown in for good measure

i watched this yesterday and bawled my eyes out and even now without the song or anything i still cried

Becky: (before) “i am 100% ready for your apology miss abuela” 😒 Becky: (after) *i wasn’t ready for all that DISNEY* 🥺😭😭

Don't underestimate plants, Poison Ivy is cool! :D Beautiful movie and I love your reactions!

That chaotic mess was also me during that scene. I was trying to hold back the tears but it's just done so well. Your humor kept me tuned, but I'm subbing for all the feels, good & bad.

I saw this movie in theaters on opening day and loved it! 😍

They got Carlos Vives for that song you were talking about, Im sure you probably know who that is.

Honestly, the Madrigal family is so lucky that Mirabel turned out to be so kind, supportive and selfless. Her story would fit an "villain origin story" sooo well

I loved this so much, I went crazy telling people about it. The energy kicked my ass ! Now watch the new 'West Side Story' which is also terrific. Have plenty of tissues with you. It's gonna break your heart!

Hopefully by the end of the movie the town would've learned the meaning of the expression: 'Don't shoot the messenger' - re Bruno.

Did you see Bruno in the back during Delores’s part of: we don’t talk about Bruno

i always read that line of "the best some of us can do is step aside" was abuela talking about herself too, yes she was harsh but she never meant any hurt, she was just paranoid

You're not alone that part got me so hard and then the ending just drove it in harder

It was the little clapping for me 😂😂😂😂

The one line in the movie that most people don't think about is sung during 'all of you.' "The stars dont shine, they burn." That line encapsulates what this movie is about. There is a difference between looking great and doing great.

I’m not Columbian, but I am Puerto Rican. It was so refreshing to see more positive latino representation. This is something I would’ve loved when I was a kid. I remember asking my mother why the Disney princesses don’t look like me. This movie made my inner child very happy. I was in happy tears by the end of the movie

i'm white and not latina, but it hurts how much i relate to mirabel's feeling of being "useless" or in the way bc she isn't special. i'm not as cool and confident as mirabel is, i'm not good with kids, i'm anxious, and have a lot of issues with my step-dad being verbally (occasionally physically) abusive when i was younger (we have a better relationship now and he's gone to therapy and has been diagnosed with autism so it explains a lot - plus his parents weren't great with that sort of thing either - but i hate being called useless or stupid partly because of him and have a rlly strong reaction to being called those things) and waiting on a miracle rlly got to me immediately bc i get that feeling of not living up to peoples expectations, having to swallow everything down so as not to upset people etc. i think it's wonderful anyone can relate to and see themselves in each of the characters in this, even if you're not part of the same culture.

You called it right at the beginning too, the problem is that abuela cared so much about protecting the magic she forgot her family in the wash

My family and I love this movie! The songs and the whole story are very good. My baby girl is already asking for an Encanto themed birthday party. More Latin inspired movies Disney please! ♡♡♡

I think it's the only Disney movie when everyone can identify to a character and not only the hero. Personally, I identify myself to Isabela because I'm the big sister and to Mirabel because I have ASD and feel like an outcast in my family because of it (my parents do with but my sisters don't really accept it)

Bruno really made the wrong people mad at Disney this year! Haha!

I loved watching this reaction, great sense of humor!

This was such a great movie!!! It really exceeded my expectations!! ❤ (I feel like most of the family's problems could've have been resolved if they had some sort of therapy though, but you don't often see that in a Disney movie I guess.... 🤣🤣)

I'm sorry but the royalty free sad music over Abuelas past scene really sent me 😭🤣

My grandmother was a child during WW2 and what happened scarred her forever and she never got any help. There's definitely generational trauma in our family too, I think that's one of the reasons this movie resonates with me. That and being the black sheep of the family.

I hope that this movie gets brought to Broadway like some of the others (Frozen, Lion King, Etc) this seems like itd be AMAZING as a stage production considering they could use the house as the main backdrop.

Watching this with you was extra fun! Great charisma :D

Your sense of humour and your editing skills are the true gift here. I subbed as fast as Luisa's eyes twitched.

I think part of what kept Mirabel so positive is she DID have a majority of her family that treated her well - specefically Luisa (her strong sister), her older cousin Dolores, her aunt and uncle Pepe and Felix, her parents, and (later on) her baby cousin Antonio, as well as the majority of the town. It was mostly her Abuela, and her sister Isabella, that put her down. Her middle cousin, the shapeshifter, seemed to be more neutral to her. Meanwhile, during the climax sequence, where we see what really happened to the grandfather, that was positively the most perfect expression of grief and loss I have ever seen on a character in any medium. EVER.

NOOOOOO THE CRYING SCENE I WAS JUST LAUGHING THE WHOLE TIME FROM THE MUSIC- WHEN I FIRST WATCHED THIS MOVIE I ALMOST CRIED HOW IS THIS HAPPENING-

All the comments here are about the movies Story and message, and I can't say it better then the others did, so I'm just here to give you the fun fact that Abuela's singing voice is Olga Meridez, who plays Abuela Claudia in In The Hights

luisa’s song made me cry so much