ENCANTO is all great things packed into one movie.

[@gracyloupicard]

Interesting note: the candle didn't flicker when Mirabel's door disappeared...it flickered when Abuela's reaction was to recoil from Mirabel because her door disappeared. The miracle always intended Mirabel to not have powers and to become the next leader of the family. It was Abuela's wavering love for a part of her family that broke the miracle.

[@worldrummer]

I think the lesson is "if you're not enough without the gift, you'll never be enough with it."

[@philiphamel8504]

I used to work with a woman from Colombia. She mentioned something about Abeula's shawl. Its a mourning shawl, shes still in morning for her husband Pedro.

[@playfulpanthress]

Now that is attention to detail! Excuse me, I need to cry cause that's beautiful! 🥲

[@MrGBH]

And it covers up the butterfly she wears on her belt.

[@pompe221]

OMG! I thought there was something deeper going on when Young Alma finally stands up, throws the shawl around her shoulders, and walks down the hallway. But I thought that was simply her deciding she was going to carry on no matter what. It's also her accepting her widowhood, isn't it?

[@DJWidget]

And that's why it's gone by the end of the movie. Great catch!

[@moramorandobianchi7093]

That's good but please it's Colombia

[@lesliebeasley]

I think one of my favorite subtle things is how Abuela tells an age appropriate version of her story to young Mirabel and then the actual hard truth story when she is older. Such a parental thing to do

[@AnnekeOosterink]

It's also pretty likely (as someone else mentioned) that Alma was working very hard to not face that memory and gloss over that traumatic event as fast as she could in order to keep going and not break down. Everyone felt pressured to be perfect, or strong, or calm, including Alma, who needed to stay the strong one who took care of everything. She placed those expectations on her family, not even consciously, and also on herself. Her trauma means she needs to be safe, the encanto needs to be safe, so her children have gifts that ensure that; injured people can be healed, the weather can be changed to suit the needs to the crops, so no hunger, and the visions of the future mean that they will always know if someone is coming for them. The grandchildren to a lesser extent, but still all their gifts are good for defense, food, or warnings. It makes sense that Alma would put so much pressure on herself and her family to keep everything together at all times, that's her trauma speaking.

[@fightingfaerie]

Yeah I always saw it as her romanticizing the event to avoid facing how it traumatized her. In the end she finally opens up about it to Mirabel and lets her see her grief.

[@RagingRaven88]

"This is going to make me cry, isn't it?" You have no idea 😢

[@anothermiddleschoolburnout8816]

I'm a pretty emotional person but getting me choked up three times on a first watchthrough was impressive.

[@Armedredux]

I don't cry, emotions have to stuff them down, and not have them. This movie is one way to get me to have them and cry.

[@MetronV]

Every freaking time.

[@punklover99]

Meh

[@Tirnel_S]

Yeah, probably. Was my response to her asking that.

[@NestorCustodio]

YES EXACTLY! Everyone was losing their shit over "We Don't Talk About Bruno" back then, but "Surface Pressure" is a 12/10.

[@awkwardashleigh]

SUCH GOOD MUSIC.

[@sonofmoss]

Surface Pressure is the true best song in the film.

[@Klaital1]

Mirabel's song has always been my favorite, that's by far the most relatable one of all of them.

[@DamianBartolacci]

THIS.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

Yeah Bruno is good but Surface Pressure is amazing.

[@Zerbyte]

Bruno's 'plate' carved into the little table always got me.

[@caseyh8386]

As the oldest child, and the eldest girl to boot, the Pressure song has always hit me hard. "Give it to your sister, your sister's older, give her all the heavy things you can't shoulder" oof I felt that

[@mistojen]

Also the eldest and "Give it to your sister, it doesn't hurt and see if she can handle every family burden" made me GROSS sob the first time I heard it 😭

[@klikfly2927]

To know that Manuel Miranda made this song for his older sister as an apology for how much she had to endure

[@christineanthony3516]

Except Isabella is the eldest

[@nudgificator]

I feel like Camilo gets overlooked in this because all the times we see him using his powers it looks like fun. But spending your life feeling like you're of most value when you're being literally anyone *but* yourself is not fun.

[@Johnny_Socko]

Meh, I feel like Camilo is the only one who used his power for selfishness (pranks, spying). Maybe it's a reflection of how he was treated, but who knows. The one who was really overlooked IMO is Pepa. Imagine constantly being told to suppress your emotions because the physical effects of them were an inconvenience to others.

[@CalliopePony]

I've heard that there was going to be a plot thread with Camilo feeling like he didn't have much sense of his own identity because he spent so much time mirroring other people, but it got cut for time.

[@lorettabes4553]

Yeah, he's called a messy angsty teen in the artbook. ​@@CalliopePony knowing what they show in the movie, I think Camilo suffers lots of the same problems as the rest of the kids: overworking themselves, he takes care of his mom and other villagers' problems, but indeed has less sense of self.

[@lorettabes4553]

​@@Johnny_Socko Pepa at least gets addressed near the end, where Bruno tells her to let it go, which she does.

[@luiscalzoncit2820]

​@@CalliopePonyI think that was just the fans theorizing

[@Jamie_Jewel]

Antonio whispering “I need you” fucking BLENDED MY HEART TO DUST.

[@everythingisveganbut...4688]

That's my first cry of many in this movie...the animation of his facial expressions and the whispers of his voice...breaks my heart

[@REVIndy]

Right! He doesn’t need his mother in that moment, he needs Mirabel. Because Mirabel is the only person in that family that actually sees and understands him.

[@whocares110]

He needs her because she is the heart of the family.

[@donaldlang1871]

Maribel does have a super power.... no matter what happens her glasses never break, scratch, or even get dirty

[@stephanginther9051]

I talked to a guy about 6 months after this movie came out who's last name is Madrigal. It was a work call but I asked how he felt about the movie, he said, 'Oh its been *great* actually. My wife and I own a small furniture store with my last name in the name of the store and we've been getting A LOT more business since that movie came out. Only problem is when little kids ask what power I have I don't know what to tell them.'

[@TopNotchWatcher87]

He should say he’s the next candle holder 😂

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

The house only listens to Abuela and Mirabel...the only two without powers. Mirabel was always meant to take Abuela's place at the head of the family one day, to be the new source of the magic. And aside from one instance (at breakfast when she's bugging Luisa and then Abuela tells Casita to swap the chairs around), the house pretty clearly shows preference for Mirabel between the two of them. When the candle was burning away, Mirabel ordered it to create a path for her to the candle. And in the same instant Casita outright expelled the entire rest of the family over their explicit objections, even Abuela. The house did exactly what Mirabel wanted, and flat-out ignored the will of everyone else, albeit for their own protection. But it could've done the same for Mirabel...expelled her from the crumbling house to save her. Odds are that Casita knew the candle was going to burn out, and that saving it was pointless. Instead it made the path and helped her retrieve the candle, and then called up a pile of furniture to protect her from the collapse.

[@RichardX1]

EXACTLY! Mirabel wasn't the only one "without a power". The other one was Abuela. Hence why they were both in the center in the family photo in the end.

[@Mia-dt3gl]

Yeah, there’s a LOT of subtle clues that Mirabel is the next matriarch of the family. The fact that reality seems to bend when she’s around during musical numbers, the fact that the younger (i.e new) generation congregate to Mirabel and not Alma, and the fact that each member of the family is represented in Mirabel’s blue skirt. Also it’s implied that _she_ chose Antonio’s gift.

[@jdb101585]

The final "wave" of the shutter makes me bawl every time.

[@carlalussini]

​@@jdb101585for me it's Casita using "its last breath" to protect Mirabel. As the kids would say, she's so MOTHER coded

[@etherealtb6021]

Ohhhhh! That's right!

[@RedPandaGirl002]

I love it how the little shouts, *"IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE!?!"* It just gives you a very good _Doctor Who_ reference! 😄😆😁

[@gerstelb]

Fun fact: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” specifically, the part at the end where everyone’s voices are overlapping with their own melodies and lyrics, is a type of song called a madrigal. Lin-Manuel Miranda also used this technique in “Hamilton,” in the song “Non-Stop.” Lin-Manuel has also said that “Surface Pressure” is a tribute/apology to his own older sister whom he admits had a lot more responsibilities growing up than he did.

[@josephclay7315]

can't forget "One day More" in "Les Mis" as an example either!

[@dehro]

I find that the entire scene between Mirabel and Luisa, song included, is basically a summation of the whole movie... it starts with questions and ends with an embrace. also, in pretty much every song, one of the characters interjects with a melodic line from one of the other songs. Lin Manuel really nerded out on this one. P.S. madrigals have also been around forever

[@Amused_Comfort_Inc]

Honey. That's called an in canon round. It's been in music theory and theater for hundreds of years 😂

[@dehro]

@@Amused_Comfort_Inc the condescending tone could be acceptable, if you were right. As I understand it, in canon rounds are basically the same melody repeated by multiple voices in succession, think of row your boat as an example. Madrigals on the other hand are a harmonisation of different melodies with different tempos, different tones and lyrics, which is what happens in the movie... And the family is called madrigal, not, I don't know, canon, or Lopez...so I'm guessing that's what they were going for

[@SilverionX]

@@dehro Naw, it's still not acceptable. A sore winner is worse than a sore loser. Even though they were also wrong.

[@kriscynical]

Luisa's song "Surface Pressure" finally gave me a way to adequately tell my parents how I was feeling. Things have gotten exponentially better since, and they never just assume I'm fine with everything anymore and always remind me that I have the guilt-free ability to say "no" to things with them and that it's okay for me to do so. (Edited to add I want to make it clear that my parents weren't the ones who put the pressure on me; I did it to myself. I volunteered to take on a lot of "the load", and as time went on my parents would add to it whenever they needed help with something because they thought I was fine. They wouldn't have if they knew I was beginning to struggle. They're wonderful, which is why I take on so much to help them now that they're elderly. I've just had to learn to keep everything balanced so I don't overload myself anymore.)

[@elishawilliams5407]

Surface Pressure makes me cry every time because it describes how I feel.

[@thebrhinocerous]

Honestly, that song describes how every parent feels, especially with kids young enough to still be in the house. It really is my favorite of the movie. Glad things are better with your parents.

[@timothyserabian5103]

I’m the oldest of my family, and it took me almost 40 years to finally express how I felt. This song sums it up so well. I’m still in therapy, but the relationship with the family has been much better and I feel that I can actually speak up more than I ever had.

[@chellesama8256]

Luisa - it's the Latino spelling.

[@Emj772]

I have Older Sibling Syndrome, so the Surface Pressure song was the most relatable in the movie to me. Plus! It's a bop! I used to run to it at the gym. Great for getting pumped up.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

It always hits me when the scene at the end shows Mirabel's door was always the front door.

[@React2This]

Los Oruquitas makes me cry every single time. This is such a powerful story of generational trauma. It’s worth noting that Abuela didn’t reveal the real brutality of her loss until that moment with Mirabel at the river. She kept her trauma bottled up in an attempt to protect the family, but it came out as anger and unreasonable expectations. She had never really been able to grieve.

[@silentjay01]

The shot of Bruno's "plate" is such a devastating image.

[@wynnyx7071]

I just realized right now that the song you loved so much, Waiting for a Miracle she says she can heal the family. And she does. Some folks feel that when her door disappeared as a child that it "went" into the house. The house was saying that she was going to be the next one to take after Abuela, but no one understood. Notice that the only ones who directly interact with Casita are Abuela and Mirabel. Encanto is Spanish for "an enchantment". This movie TORE ME UP when I saw it. This is THE generational trauma movie.

[@gregsteele806]

Yeah, I always took it that Mirabell's gift was her connection with the house. The whole house.

[@Klaital1]

And Mirabel is spanish for 'Miracle' which is a bit on the nose but what can you do.

[@CarlosRamirez-wb7zu]

Exactly. Mirabel didn't get a gift because she IS the magic. When she is sad, the house crumbles and the powers fade. When she is happy, the magic comes back. (Oversimplified.)

[@cchavezjr7]

@@Klaital1 Mirabel is not Spanish for Miracle...

[@pompe221]

More or less agree. I think Mirabel is the new Keeper of the Miracle like Abuela was with the candle.

[@bcbabbles]

Every time I rewatch the part with the little girl saying, "I think your gift is being in denial." I'm always like, "Go find your mother!"

[@ghostsurfer23]

I am a 30 year old man, I grew up on 90s Disney. This is the first Disney movie in over a decade that absolutely blew me away. The music, the characters, the themes, the story. Fantastic.

[@mistojen]

Literally same except I'm ten years older than you but everything else you said it's literally me

[@cyberwolf_1013]

Same.

[@mattbriddell9246]

Literally the same reaction but I'm in my 40's

[@deadtonk5527]

You should watch Coco too if you haven't. It's the same vibe but different and a visually stunning animation too.

[@jdb101585]

Someone mentioned that Mirabel might have influenced the house to give Antonio his gift because of his love for animals. If you take that as true (and it's the first gift after hers not being given) it strongly implies that Abuela chose the gifts , even unconsciously, up until that point...regardless of what that person may have wanted; making them almost a curse. Good on the surface for a widow struggling, right? Ensure good weather, heal those physically injured, see future threats...2 of the 3 of those took a toll (maybe even all three, Julieta always looks exhausted). Followed by super strength to get the work done, super hearing (definitely a curse!) to ensure she knows everything being said, growing things...which, earlier might have been crops, but is "discounted" to flowers to "keep up appearances", and then finally, Camilo, the shapeshifter, the one who's identity is always in flux, always being told to be someone else instead of himself. All helpful, but completely ignoring the actual "person" who carried them, and their needs. Movie has so many layers!

[@HiGhWaYmAn4.2.0]

"I'm so petty I'd just blow out the candle" made me laugh painfully hard.

[@DJWidget]

I'm normally not a cry-at-movies kind of guy, but I saw this December of 2021, after I had a brush with death in the hospital. The scene of Abuelo Pedro saying goodbye to his little ones (especially because I had a three month old at the time) had me in tears. And that followed up with the town rallying behind the Madrigals - when we had people who got my family food, donated money to keep the bills paid, kept my wife and sons company - absolutely destroyed me. Encanto is such a beautiful, beautiful movie.

[@RedPandaGirl002]

Fun fact: the voice actor who plays Bruno is the same actor who played *Sid the sloth* from the _Ice Age_ franchise!

[@RichardX1]

And the drag princess from "To Wong Foo"

[@Courdorygirl]

John Leguizamo. He improved the telenovela scene ;)

[@gamerbear84]

Musht be the lasht actor of the sheashon. :P

[@seattlecryptid]

​@@RichardX1 "little latin boy in drag" 😂

[@ragtimeraver]

He's also Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa in Moulin Rouge.

[@lisemzarate4029]

When Alma tells Mirabel her story at the beginning of the movie, Alma is talking to a 5year old, the memories we see are short, and shadowy, When they meet at the river and talk, Alma tells Mirabel the entire story, and we see memories that are far more detailed and honest, Alma has been avoiding those painful memories by glossing over them and focusing on the candle and feeling as if the family needs to earn their blessings, so they aren't taken away. Alma allows her pain to show probably for the first time since her husband was killed, it's such a beautiful and bittersweet story, I have been a daughter and a sister, a wife, and a mother and I related to every single character throughout my 53 years of life at one point or another, absolutely genius storytelling ❤

[@fightingfaerie]

That face they animate in that moment. God it’s heart renching, and viscerally powerful emotionally

[@MrGBH]

Alma has a yellow butterfly charm on her waist, but it's mostly covered up by her black shawl This symbolises her inability to truly honour her husband's memory, because she's still grieving over him

[@heatherrose5594]

The Capybara is my favorite animal!!! A real life R.O.U.S!!

[@lion037]

But without the malicious intent. ❤

[@henryisthere]

Rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist... 🐘🐭🤬

[@kelseylynne6867]

I think it's crazy that the woman that voices the main character actually recorded her solo song while she was in labor. She didn't want to effect recording schedules so she didn't tell anyone that she had contractions that morning. She recorded her song and her daughter was born the next day. Lol that is so bad ass!

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

Subtle things I like about this movie: Dolores is considered a huge gossip, but she only ever gossips if the person knows she knows and/or if Abeula (and as her inheritor Maribel) asks. She must know literally everything about everyone in that town, but by gossiping 100% of the time when people know she heard something she deflects attention from the other 99% of things she likely knows. I think she does it on purpose after seeing how Bruno was treated.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

One of the things I really appreciate about this flick is that we see the story of the miracle twice. It bookends our story. The first time we see it through the eyes of a child - the young Mirabel. Then we see it through the eyes of a young adult - the older Mirabel. But the story is very different. Not because the facts change. But because an older Mirabel realizes something about that story that the child didn't. Instead of a story about magic... the older Mirabel understands that the story is also about loss. The second telling shows a young woman in anguish as she watches her husband murdered in front of her. A story about a young woman pressing on in a world full of danger that could destroy her children and her family just as it cut down her beloved. This isn't a Disney tale of Good vs. Evil - heroins facing down scenery chewing villains. There is no villain; no baddie. There is just fear and pain and the cycle of pain that can cause if not recognized and stopped. Which is... ultimately... the evil that lurks around us all.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

Yeah, I like that Alma is clearly traumatised and doing her best to keep everything together at all times. She's wrong in her methods, and how she hurts her family, but it's coming from a place of fear or losing people again. She's afraid and doing everything she can to keep everyone safe, which to her means keeping the miracle going. I like that she isn't doing something just to be mean, she isn't trying to be mean or hurtful, but she is because she is going about things in the wrong way.

[@fightingfaerie]

It’s also how Abuela tells it. She’s still partially in denial and romanticizes the story as a fairy tale of sorts. The end she finally opens up about the experience, admitting her feelings, how it actually effected her and how horrible and painful it was.

[@morphman86]

"I heard her eye twitching all night" feels impressive enough. But the film doesn't point out what's even more impressive: Their rooms are massive, basically entire worlds inside those doors, and they were both in their own rooms all night. She heard that eye twitching from across two entire worlds, not just through two doors.

[@nsa9695]

Just wanted to tell you, she can't hear into any rooms, unless the door is open of course. Louisa was most likely pacing around outside and that is how Dolores heard it all night.

[@morphman86]

@@nsa9695 Literally said she was in her room though

[@torontomame]

I was born in Colombia and we moved to Canada when I was a kid. This movie made me so happy because Colombia has such a rich and beautiful culture (music food, people) and absolutely gorgeous landscapes. But to so many people, it's known more for drug lords. When my mom sent me the trailer for this movie I said to her "Finally! A movie about Colombia that isn't about Pablo Escobar." That afternoon I happened to be near a Colombian bakery and popped in to buy some snacks. When I was paying I said to the lady, in Spanish "Did you hear about the next Disney movie, 18:59 Encanto?". She replied all happy and excited, "YES!! It looks so beautiful! And it's so nice to finally have a movie set in Colombia that isn't about Pablo Escobar!" 🇨🇴❤🇨🇴

[@Jeremy_theGent]

It's such a relief at the end when Luisa gets to lie in the hammock, like "Yes! Please relax! It's okay!"

[@amzngspdr62]

I have never seen my daughter cry as much as she did during the flashback with Abuela and her husband's journey. She literally ran out of the room crying.

[@carlalussini]

Maybe she was overwhelmed by the realization that "adults" are nothing more than old kids, that life/the world has been unfair to them in ways they can't even imagine, while they cry and treat you like shit because of what? No tv when it's late and a school night? It's a confrontation with their privilege, the privilege of not having serious, adult actual problems like being a widowed single mom. I think it's beautiful, it means they're developing empathy.

[@amzngspdr62]

​@carlalussini she's only 6 so I doubt it's that deep, lol.

[@fightingfaerie]

I mean it’s a really powerful moment emotionally. I can understand how it would be overwhelming for a kid

[@Valandar2]

34:45 That is the absolute best depiction of utter grief and loss in any animated medium that I have ever seen. It is so raw and visceral that it rips the heart apart.

[@dylanschoon9371]

This film absolutely moved me to ugly tears. Surface pressure quickly grabbed me and then the song 'Dos Oruguitas' and the butterfly and then the moment Mirabel looks into the doorknob and saw her own reflection😢 omg I was sobbing! Even more embarrassing because my father was watching it with me! It just hit me so hard. Love watching your reactions! What a genuine slice-of- life and rare gem you are Ashleigh!

[@PandezPanda]

Surface Pressure is such a bop - you don't get pop songs with an Alto voice very often and it was soooo good.

[@JBRamit]

Isabella’s song *speaks* to me. The drive for perfection that just wrecks a person 😭

[@Jazz41173]

During "We don't talk about Bruno.". You can see Bruno in the background while Mirabel and Dolores sang. I believe that Mirabel didn't get an active power like everyone else because she will be " the new Abuela." She can tell when something is up with her family members. And help them deal with it. She is a great conduit for Casita and even the townspeople. And while others got doors/bedrooms corresponding to their power. She made the front door. The entrance to the house.

[@SHMEEE85]

I'm a med/surg nurse who worked through the Covid pandemic on Covid units. I was talking with some other nurses about what song best described the experience and the song that really hit it for me was "Pressure". Working 60+ hour weeks during the worst of it, trying everything you can to keep the patients breathing without the aid of a machine, all while trying to stay safe yourself so that you don't get it and pass it on to others. Now every time I hear the song the memories flood back.

[@brofasa9255]

In before Ashley is bawling her eyes out.

[@brianbortner5962]

@23:49 that plant that bops Mariano on the nose is absolutely Isabella's subconscious sabotaging the proposal - regardless of everything else...

[@karabearcomics]

People sometimes say that Abuela is the villain of this movie, but she's not. She's an antagonist, to be certain, but that's not the same thing. Nobody in this is evil, and they do want the best for everyone, but it can be how they go about it that causes things to get worse. As with every video of yours, I recommend the movie Imagine Me & You, as well as Zsazsa Zaturnnah.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

My head canon is that Antonio is destined to end up with the "IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE!?" girl, so the quiet little man always has someone to tell the waiter he ordered mashed potatoes and didn't receive them.

[@dasc0yne]

Ashleigh: "He can talk to animals? That is so cool! .... Fuck the flowers! I want those!"

[@nintenmetro]

Have you ever seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine? Stephanie Beatriz is the voice of Mirabel, and she also portrayed the moody detective Rosa Diaz. That’s why I can’t help but laugh at Steph’s voice in certain parts of this film. Steph now has a daughter with her husband, but the crazy thing is that she was in labor when she was recording her solo song Waiting On A Miracle. If you wanna see more of her work, she currently stars in a Peacock show called Twisted Metal alongside Anthony Mackie. She also lends her voice in the Amazon Prime Video animated musical series Hazbin Hotel. As far as checking out other Disney films, I wanna recommend WALL-E, Luca, and Turning Red.

[@MissMarchHare]

TURNING RED!

[@robhax]

In Twisted Metal, when Beatriz's character gets loud and expressive... hilarious because it sounds like Mirabel yelling "F***!"

[@brianbortner5962]

@21:02 - you can see Bruno in the background on the second floor balcony - jamming to the song about him...

[@happyninja42]

I love Isabella's look after she breaks out of her confinement. That multicolored punk style just really does it for me aesthetically

[@kenlangston3451]

Luisa was literally hauling ass.

[@wersamurai]

I love how you can see Bruno creeping and dancing in the background of the house during Dolores part of "We don't talk about Bruno", he never left.

[@gloomiii]

this is my mom’s comfort movie now and I honestly can’t blame her

[@videohistory722]

The animators had to FIGHT to get them to let Luisa keep her muscles. They wanted to do the "girl with skinny arms is freakishly strong". Trope. Disney banked everything on Isabella being the most popular character, so largely focused on making her dolls, but surprise! It was only Perfect Isabella, not messy Isabella. Also kids liked Luisa more.

[@fightingfaerie]

Talk about missing the point of the movie… you’d think merchandising people would make sure what they were selling actually matched what they were marketing.

[@sasugakirin]

@@fightingfaerie you’d think that, but marketing, in our corporate business-controlled world, is about coercion and manipulation rather than communicating anything truthful. People who make their lives doing marketing couldn’t even fathom the idea that little girls could care about anything but beauty

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

Such a great movie, with super catchy music, but Luisa’s song ‘Surface Pressure’ definitely resonated with me the most. Dealing with depression for a long time, having the mother of your kids die suddenly, and then shortly afterwards your youngest son gets diagnosed with leukemia, people definitely put tons of stress on you, and you have to act like you’re the strongest person around no matter what and it’s very hard and tiring, so I totally feel her pain in that song.

[@themonkeytrainer]

I like how Isabella got a prediction from Bruno about how she would get more powerful and everything she ever wanted, but never actually imagined happiness to be part of that deal. When you pick up your next TV series, it should be Galavant - a half-hour medieval musical sitcom with songs written by Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast) which contains some glorious sarcasm. I also suspect you'd enjoy the movie Starman.

[@ObsessiveSting]

"Here comes Wonderwall!" Yes Ashleigh... All the Yes! 😂

[@kevinmcpeek5799]

Your voice gets so high when you're emotional... it's the cutest.

[@Palitato]

Also another fun fact for you- all the songs in the movie are in 1/4 time, except for Mirables solo "Waiting on a Miracle" which is in 1/3 time, which just further sets her apart from the rest of the family. One of my favorite bits is in Luisa's song, when the ship is sailing towards the iceberg. She basically says that people don't even bother to do anything to protect themselves, and just sail straight at the danger looming ahead, because they know she can just take care of it for them, so why should they even worry about it? It would take so little effort to just change course a little bit and handle it themselves, but nah, Luisa's here, she'll protect us!

[@Palitato]

@awkwardashleigh you've got a fly to swat

[@Skye_Writer]

Alma (Abuela) felt so much pressure to do for the community. When she lost Pedro was the lowest point of her life, and she received a miracle in return; high mountains grew up around her and the people she and Pedro had tried to lead to safety. And now that they all were safe, she felt like it was her duty to use that miracle in whatever way she could to help everyone. Her triplets were gifted with powers that would help; Peppa can bring rain to grow the food, Julietta can make that food into healing concoctions to keep everyone healthy, and Bruno can see the future so he can warn everyone about coming dangers. And then her grandchildren get gifts as well. We saw how much work Luisa was put to, and Isabella...well as a little kid, of COURSE she grew _flowers_ because little girls love flowers. But no one ever had to stretch that ability to see what else she can grow. She can literally keep the town fed by growing actual crops. Delores can hear everything from miles away, so she would know long before any invaders got close to the town, and Camilo shapeshifting means he can turn into the leader/commanding officer of any invaders and order them to go back. Every gift protects the town (though Alma didn't take it that far with Isabella), so Alma feels like she HAS to put her kids and her grandkids to work for the people. "We swear to always/Help though around us/And *earn the miracle/* That somehow found us" she sings. And because she feels like them doing this work is what keeps the magic strong, the first time it fails them and Mirabel doesn't get a gift, Alma can only think that something that she or the family has done has somehow displeased whatever higher power gave them this miracle. Mirabel is a constant reminder to her that somehow, some way, Alma has failed in her self-appointed duty. And that scares the HELL out of her, because if the magic fails, the "walls" around the town, the mountains, may go away and then they will all be vulnerable again to the violence that drove them here to begin with. But it's hard to see that until the end when you see what she went through and how she lost Pedro. Which is why Mirabel understands her better after they talk about it.

[@robertrodger3055]

"Am I going to cry?" Yes, yes you are. And I'm gonna cry with you.

[@chedderman101]

“This movie so pretty” said thru gritted teeth and tears LOL my reaction back in 2022 when I watched this having covid

[@livingwithms5476]

I must be a sociopath because I love it when these movies make you hard cry. Thank you for posting them anyway!

[@HowAboutLauren]

"Here comes Wonderwall." 😂 I'm dead.

[@starbrand3726]

I cried when I first watched this movie, and...I cried again watching you cry watching this movie. Love you Ashleigh.

[@sarahdyclon3093]

I feel like the reason Isabella has such perfect hair is because she has plant based hair products and can control how her looks.

[@kayreacts4763]

If you liked this one you ought to react to Disney/Pixar's "Coco" It's another great animated film that takes place in Mexico with an amazing story and is also visually STUNNING! It's one I love to see people react to. Super cute and fun!

[@SherriLyle80s]

❤❤❤

[@haynerbass]

"Phenomenon" with John Travolta. Then "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams.

[@docorrea]

One of the best movies from Disney, all together with Inside Out

[@macalcord]

Turning Red is gonna make you smile too. But Encanto has been my favorite Disney Animated movie.

[@radwolf76]

Commenting before hitting play, with a prediction. Ashleigh gonna BIG CRY with this one. EDIT: 2:05 "Oh no, oh no. This is gonna make me cry isn't it?" That's EXACTLY what I'm saying. EDIT 2: 6:40 "*whispered* Is this going to make me cry?" You're getting it. EDIT 3: 6:46 "I'm going to cry during this one, aren't I?" **shakes Magic 8 Ball** Signs point to yes. EDIT 4: 11:00 "Oh, this one's going to make me cry." Yep. EDIT 5: 11:13 "Aww, stopit! I'm going to cry so hard." Oh you're not even to the worst of it yet. EDIT 6: 31:46 "Oh **unintelligible** I'm gonna cry. I'm gonna cry." Yes, but you also gonna BIG CRY. EDIT 7: 34:41 "aww.... Oh no. Oh no! OHH NOOOO! **breaks out in BIG CRY** ohno" And there it is. EDIT 8: 35:57 "This movie's so pretty -- I'm gonna cry about it." We all did. EDIT 9: 36:21 "I'm mad that I'm crying" Understandable. This film just puts you through the wringer. EDIT 10: 37:32 "*in response to Luisa's line 'sometimes I cry'* ME TOO! ME TOO!" Us too.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

At the end of the song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno', when the characters are dancing around Mirabel, you can actually hear Isabella go off her lines and just start repeating "I'm Fine" over and over. Like she can't even lie to herself in the song anymore. Also, the actress for Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz) is currently voicing in a musical series called Hazbin Hotel. It's an adult animated, dark comedy, musical series on Prime. If it might be something you'd be interested in?

[@krank23]

"This is gonna make me cry, innit?" Girl. I teared up just seeing the first few clips of this video. This movie absolutely DESTROYED me the first time I watched it. And yeah, Surface Pressure hit me lite a ton of bricks too, especially those lines. Like, who am I if I can't be of service? OOooof. This is by far my favorite Disney movie. By FAR. Funny, sad, beautiful, great music.

[@StevenJQuinlan]

My personal theory is that Mirabel didn't get a door because Cassita wanted Mirabel to be the successor to Abuela. Abuela doesn't have any powers, because she's the keeper of the house. Mirabel has no powers, but she's the new keeper of the house. I realise it's hardly an original theory, but i absolutely believe it

[@woodch]

If you haven't seen it already, a great follow-up to this one would be Pixar's "Coco". Get the tissues ready, though. That one always makes me cry-- EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[@apizzathatgiantforthesimpl5191]

I sincerely hope Ashleigh gets to see "Perks of Being a Wallflower". That movie is so good!

[@fuzzyjuan6069]

If you look closely in the background during We Don't talk about Bruno when Dolores is singing, Bruno is sneaking along the balcony.

[@thomasrdiehl]

Yay, my favorite Disney film! Btw, up until the ending, I believed her gift was making the world into musical numbers. Because they only happen around her (excpet one, I think, that is way more grounded) and they seem to be actually happening in the movie.

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

I like Isabella's section in We Don't Talk About Bruno. At first it seems like she got the only positive prophecy from him and everything is great, but after her side of the story is revealed you see that from her perspective Bruno lied to her. She's being shoved into a marriage she doesn't want and her power is stagnating since she can't do anything she wants to with it.

[@flyerfan8]

Bruno didn’t lie to her he promised that it would someday be hers

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

@@flyerfan8 From her perspective, at that point, it seemed to her that he had.

[@agenttheater5]

and then after "what else can I do" she finds out what he was actually telling her

[@christianwise637]

For a perfect example of musical symmetry in this film, the melody that Isabella sings in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" gets reprised later by Mirabel in "What Else Can I Do", at the point where she's achieved proper self-actualisation and Bruno's prophecy actually comes true

[@brucksz]

My interpretation is that she didn't even know she could do something different.. Maybe her power going up was just make more flowers for her at the time. She never mentioned any of the points that you mentioned, hence she look very content

[@fightingfaerie]

I named my cat Mirabel. I got her not long after seeing this movie for the first time and I really connected to Mirabel’s character. I have two brothers that are so talented at almost anything they put their mind too. Meanwhile even though I’m the oldest I’ve always felt behind and struggled to find something I was good at.

[@taryngaines8881]

Not sure if anyone else has explained Mirabel’s “gift”. The main theory that holds is that she is meant to be the next leader/matriarch of the family: Abuela also never had a gift but had a more central connection to Casita, just like Mirabel, and then the final door has her at the center of the family, signifying her importance of keeping the family and gift alive like Abuela has.

[@everythingisveganbut...4688]

Her gift was empathy...most black sheeps of the family are empaths

[@Excellor64]

Surface Pressure is just too real. It gets me every time. Love this movie, as Latino, I felt pretty well represented as well.

[@morphman86]

I love how this film makes you cry, but not in the places where you'd expect

[@kassiewaters5912]

I always saw the door at the end as Mirabel's door. Her room was the house. Everybody's door revealed the blessing they had to give to others. Mirabels gift was for her family and house. Her power was how she could help her family. Not having supernatural power allowed her to develop her emotional intelligence, and her unique power became understanding others and seeing them.

[@chickenpanda1179]

I love how in We Don't Talk About Bruno. During Dolores part she is letting you know she Hears and knows Bruno is still in the House

[@robertstallings6020]

Yes, Dolores sings about Bruno in the present tense.

[@katherynhoward3840]

​@@robertstallings6020 I think Camilo does too? "Seven foot frame, rats along his back When he calls your name it all fades to black He sees your dreams and feasts on your screams"

[@victorr_______]

Mirabel didn't get a gift because SHE WAS ALREADY GIFTED. That is what Bruno said in the " All of you " song -> " You're a real gift kid, let us in ". AND THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭

[@Catherinewelter-z6d]

Just love that during her whole song Louisa was being a good big sister and protecting her little sister wish my older brother was like that but he is more like the older sister, I think Mirabel did get a gift she is more connected to the house and gift to help prepare her for taking over after the grandma passes.

[@Crazyivan777]

There's been some 'official / unofficial' disney stuff about the other childrens' rooms, including the fact that Dolores' room is VERY soundproofed, and Luisa's room has a secret door that leads to a carnival-like place that she just needs to find so she can relax whenever she wants. A lot of thought was put into the lives of each of the characters, and it's all pretty neat.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is a very beautiful animated Disney movie.

[@JohnMiller-zn9pf]

"Pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service" Hard hit

[@robertshields4160]

The animation of the dresses was really well done. And the colors were really vibrant.

[@touriewright5428]

Ashleigh - Mirabel's gift is the same as Abula's gift she's the caretaker of the Casita. This one of those movies I can put on whenever and yup at points I always cry too. Awesome pick and great reaction as usual :)

[@KillCoMentalMusings]

Encanto had me ALL messed up when I first watched it. So many of us out there feel like we're not unique, we can't do enough for others, and we can't achieve what others expect from us. Totally a relatable movie, amazing visuals, and of course an amazing soundtrack. 🖖😎🥃

[@Vigilluminatus]

One of the best Disney animated movies.

[@DravenGal]

Ashleigh, here's something you'll love! Look up an Acappella group called "Voiceplay." They do a cover of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" that is so excellent, Disney hired them to do it at a big corporate event! They also do a short of "Surface Pressure."💙

[@joealvarez8733]

I was literally looking for this exact comment....please Ashley, react to their rendition of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" it's sooo good....

[@DravenGal]

@@joealvarez8733 Wooo-hooo! Hello fellow Voiceplaya! Oh! And Ashleigh, pay close attention to the handsome long-haired bass in the front during Isabella's part. I hope Ashleigh sees this in the comments! So, Joe, what do you think of Voiceplay's cover of "Black Hole Sun?" I think it's great, but I liked "Sleeping In The Cold Below" a bit more. It's just such a banger! 💙

[@amylynn3821]

So happy you chose to review this. I knew it would make you cry. The part where you realize that Bruno is trying to eat dinner with the family and has drawn his own plate breaks me every time. If you look at his vision closely, you can see that Mirabel is hugging Abuela who morphs into Isabella. Isabella is the one who looks most like Abuela. It's actually the hug between Mirabel and Abuela that rescues the miracle. This is one of my favorite Disney movies of all time. I love how every character has strengths and weaknesses and there are no true villains.

[@totalrando3156]

OMG!! What if it’s actually abuela morphing into young abuela (trauma abuela) and not Isabel at all?? It’s the hug shared after abuela is sharing her hurt as a young woman that saves the miracle!

[@vanessawhitneypro]

LOVE both Encanto and COCO... SOOOOOO good!

[@foulrot]

Coco will WRECK Ashley... she has to watch it

[@josephclay7315]

@@foulrot Right!??

[@squeebers]

My personal head canon about Mirabel is this. The candle was the magical gift given to the family to protect them. I believe the house is actually Pedro's spirit. He got to stay on Earth and be with his family and shelter and protect them. Giving each of his new family members a gift when they turned 5. Well, Pedro/Casita saw the trouble in the family. How Abuela was holding on too tight. Pushing the family to help the community. Putting so much pressure on them to use their gifts to do so. Ultimately, she pushed Bruno away because she couldn't see past the problems his predictions caused. Pedro/Casita foresaw the disaster unfolding, probably felt the candle's magic growing weaker. So, he knew he had to choose someone to reconnect the family and fix the bonds so the magic, the Encanto, would remain. So Bruno was getting more and more shunned. During this time, Mirabel was turning 5. Pedro/Casita saw the hope, life, and compassion in Mirabel from that young age and chose her. Instead of using this event to give her a gift that could be used right away, he transferred part of the magic and/or himself to her. Allowing her to be the tether the magic and he, Pedro needed to remain there, protecting the family. What I mean by "transferring part of himself" is I think he used her as a tether to keep from leaving the Earth when the house inevitably fell. This is backed up with the fact that the mountains that the candle summoned were still standing after the house fell. This indicates that the magic wasn't gone. It took a special someone to bring the family back together and to put the doorknob on the house, bringing Casita/Pedro back, as well as the magical gifts. That's what I think at least.

[@firedoc5]

Three of my sister's granddaughters have been obsessed with this movie. Last Christmas at the family gathering, they played back-to-back four times.

[@navarrduphoenixx]

My daughter was in preschool when this movie came out, and these songs played constantly. Thankfully, I’m a big softie and love a good Disney earworm. I also ugly-cry at the sad moments and cheer when things work out. The animators and sound technicians really deserve millions for their ability to bring the house and the animals to life.

[@ElisaH_DarklyiShine]

-The soundtrack to this is AMAZING. - fav song: surface pressure - lin Manuel ,Hamilton -yes. If u ever decide to watch that, even if it's Patreon exclusive because of all the music, i would not be opposed.

[@theGreenGoblin]

Her gift is a rejuvination of the house. That’s why her song with her abuela is about two butterflies: the two of them.