**LUCA** MADE ME CRY (TWICE)

[@SophiaPhannn]

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[@SophiaPhannn]

Also, please excuse my hands. I have 🤬ECZEMA 🤬

[@kmn_im_oli]

@@SophiaPhannn its okay! get better soon

[@kylahicks7054]

Triple N's!

[@sansabysss6235]

@@SophiaPhannn I enjoy and love your reactions! and i have eczema too 🥺💖

[@jondebenedict7315]

@@SophiaPhannn I can relate, i've dealt with hand eczema for YEARS

[@cidevant002]

This father is honestly the best father that Disney has made in a long time. I love that he basically adopted these two weirdos kids like "is no one going to take them? No? Alright, they are mine now then."

[@Saint_Halo]

It's actually Pixar but yeah.

[@chelicooperdma]

Yasss

[@broadwaybrook2319]

And how even though he learned Alberto was a sea monster, he defended him against the townspeople cause he knew Alberto was actually a good kid

[@dustiemarzullo2129]

My friends : she is heartless ( as a joke) me knowing how Alberto feels like because every one says that he is jealous and he is not he is just afraid to lose Luca just like he lost his family 🥺

[@drakeredwingofficial]

It's implied that Alberto's jackass father was named Bruno, and that's why he says "Silenzio, Bruno"

[@andreworihuela5175]

so in a way it's just "Shut the ****** up Bruno"

[@andreworihuela5175]

@NATALIE KAN XIN YEE Moe oh wow I didn't know that, man I guess all the theories people make are wrong like one good theory video is that one of the coach cars in cars 2 is Alberto's father but in the car age

[@ClaraSantosicegurt]

I know so many Brunos since its a common name here in Brasil so i Just Love how quotable it is

[@Queen_Sakura]

Don't make an Encanto joke don't make an Encanto joke don't make an Encanto joke....... So what, he doesn't talk about Bruno?

[@eddtheevirgo5679]

while i agree this movie at surface level is a beautiful story about platonic friendships, there is UNDENIABLE queer allegory weaved throughout the entire film. whether or not it was intentional or not doesnt affect the fact that its there. the fact that people are choosing to see underlying messages about of queer acceptance does not take away from the storytelling or positive themes about loyalty and companionship, it simply adds to them.

[@SophiaPhannn]

Especially with what the grandma said at the end of the movie about how not everyone is accepting but some will be 🥺

[@anonymousotter664]

Also the song in the end being about lovers in different cities🌚🌚🌚

[@J.P.Robles]

They are clearly acting like brothers around each other if anything Giulia and Luca would’ve gotten together

[@capn_toad]

@@J.P.Robles i mean, you can read it as platonic, but it's also okay if people read it as romantic

[@DP-nl4uq]

@@J.P.Robles how are preteen “lovers” supposed to act like ?

[@guyontheinternet3285]

“i don’t know why dolphins even sound like that. You know, why don’t they just talk?” Smartest shit i’ve ever heard

[@eviebraud1307]

The sound we use for dolphins isn't actually a dolphin look it up

[@aliyahpulido953]

I think they're de-FIN-itely (pun intended, but point still stands) smart enough to speak if they were physically capable of doing so...

[@helleswahn]

Why are people so pressed about some headcanoning the movie as queer? If you don't see it that way that's fine, just let people find joy in things they feel like they can relate to

[@chubbs-thechubbyninja4719]

because there is a fine line between headcanoning, and full on bashing people for thinking it's gay lmao

[@helleswahn]

@@chubbs-thechubbyninja4719 people are bashing the ones who see it as gay tho? (That was the point of my comment) Bottom line just don't bash anyone 😅

[@bv0804]

@@chubbs-thechubbyninja4719 Is the other way around

[@chubbs-thechubbyninja4719]

@@helleswahn lmao okay

[@dnayeal]

Lol I laughed so hard when people on Twitter were mad that they weren’t gay lmao.

[@christopherbarrera6023]

Luca is all about friendship, family, and Pasta🍝

[@deranged_dragon9471]

And gays

[@hyatto0__494]

@@deranged_dragon9471 HAHAHa

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

@@deranged_dragon9471 They're children. Stop.

[@joshuawashington5311]

@@deranged_dragon9471 they are kids

[@Crazy-herCrayonS]

@@blobbertmcblob4888 And they are 13-15 so they know who and what they like all that person said was that they're gay which is how they want to see it and the director clearly said that the movie can be seen how ever

[@car0lign3]

I think this film can be a queer story while still being platonic given the age of the characters. When you’re 13 you’re developing crushes or you have a friend you’re a little too close to (who you don’t want to be friends with anyone else) but you’re not quite ready for romantic feelings

[@BeeKee404]

Hey, who says Luca can't be a teen summer sleepover movie? It stars teens (at least one or two teens) and it takes place in summer! 😜😁

[@tinymxnticore]

And sometimes they have sleepovers!

[@bbittercoffee]

Exaclty! They sleep on her tree-house, it's summer, and they are kids/teens, it's a teen summer sleepover movie.

[@jocelynecupcake]

I thought they were like 8 LOL

[@showandtell1313]

even on the disney wiki the vilian guy's age is said to be ''allegedly 17' so even disney is like yea hes old af. also apparently uncle ugo is voiced by sasha baron cohen

[@jocelynecupcake]

I thought the villain was like 30 LOL

[@tylorgax8217]

The part that hurt the most aside from the ending, would have to be when Alberto revealed himself! The idea that he trusted Luca enough to basically out himself and just expected him to do the same, and obviously he didn't, just broke me 😭

[@cinnamontoasty9226]

we need to protect luca at all cost he's too pure 😢

[@mena4397]

The animation in this movie was so good !! Everything looked so crisp and the colouring is * chefs kiss * p.s. your makeup and hair is serving 70's realness

[@socandis]

You wanna talk animation watch Disney’s Soul. I could go on about that movie forever!

[@isabellechurchill1391]

i’m not ashamed to say i cried my eyes out at this movie

[@rosiejayy]

Same 😭

[@nicolasrestrepo6177]

I didn’t cry but I was about to

[@limogch4586]

Omg every time! It’s crazy 😭😭😭🥰

[@hellozukohere5289]

@@nicolasrestrepo6177 same

[@skullwarrior13]

Alberto's "I'm ok" at the end gets me everytime.

[@kiamichelleee.]

I remember watching it for the first time. Usually I’d don’t cry when it comes to movies but, the ending made me tear up so much. When Alberto learns to how to let people in his life go, (Not only that but he sold the Vespa, the thing he always *DESIRED* just to help Luca.) it hit me so much and just thinking about it makes me sad. T~T

[@Oiyuki]

Fun thing about uncle Ugo. His design is based on a female angler. Males look super different

[@CloudBomb3r]

while the undertones of """romance""" (for the shippers, myself included) may not be really apparent, what *is* apparent is the obvious tones of bonding and friendship, you can see with our three underdogs, and it captures all the moments of happiness, fun, jealously, hurt, anger, and eventual forgiveness. and i can also understand how people are saying there are queer undertones, with luca and alberto hiding their identity, and pretending to be like everyone else, and it's also supported by the message at the end, how not everyone will accept you, but there will always be someone who will. all in all, 10/10 movie, would cry again

[@rockmacher]

Uncle Ugo is played by Sacha Baron Cohen AKA King Julian from Madagascar, and Borat. Yes Borat

[@fionav8871]

I literally love everything about this movie!!! The animation, the characters, the story, THE MUSIC!!!! Definitely my new favorite Disney/Pixar film

[@jancap7645]

Alberto sounds like sokka

[@SophiaPhannn]

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@Kirome]

These are the ONLY sea monsters I’d wanna see from any ocean

[@garbagerat7966]

watching luca made me feel like Tadashi in big hero six when he says "you are gonna help so many people"

[@alastor3609]

I don't know if anyone has noticed yet, but I would like to point this out because I find it really interesting and cute.... the first minute of the movie where Luca daydreamed to look at the boat, we don't see it clearly but I'm pretty sure that the person standing there is Alberto!! And that is hella adorable!!

[@AshlynnBee]

I have to say before I watch this reaction/commentary video, because I will ALSO be crying soon - I LOVED Luca. I love when Pixar does a big philosophical deep dive but sometimes it’s so nice to just have a simple, beautiful story about friendship and otherness. Not everything needs to be a metaphysical meditation on life’s meaning like Soul or a devastating emotional journey like Inside Out - as much as I love those other films, the most endlessly rewatchable Pixar movies for me are the ones like Luca. EDIT - also I read that the voice actors were like, recording their parts in their respective mom’s closets lol.

[@RubyRider_62442]

26:35 "Some people, they'll never accept him. But some will, and he seems to know how to find the good ones." I know that the LGBTQ+ representation isn't intentional but to me it feels very much there. This quote feels incredibly relatable to me in how in all of the bigotry and prejudice I managed to find friends that accepted me and were also LGBTQ+ as well.

[@muffinpaste]

I honestly don't care how people interpret the movie's message and undertones. I'm here for the nostalgic summer feeling. the music and scenery just scream nostalgia to me. the message and friendships and finding yourself and the warm colors and ice cream, they all bring me back to my earliest years of childhood. when my problems were as little as winning a race. But those problems grew, just like in the movie. alberto being abandoned again. luca wanting to go to school but the pressure of alberto and hiding as a sea monster in a world of humans. all of that is like how our worries and problems get worse and larger as we grow. that's where the nostalgia comes from. the conflict in the movie is light and simple, just like the problems we faced as kids. Of course, the main message is extremely strong and great, but all of it tied up together in one big bubble of gay italian summer friendship carefree nostalgia was just perfect. I'm glad Pixar made one of these laid back movies. taking a step back to enjoy it instead of constantly trying to jump ahead. I cried watching the movie. It's funny, isn't it? a bunch of pixels moving to an audio of voice boxes, random noises, and sounds can make you cry. Somehow, it gives you a certain feeling. Somehow, a kids movie can tug on your heartstrings. Do you think there are people who wouldn't understand the feeling? people who don't feel it at all? Do they look at us and go, "That's weird, it's just a movie and they are so worked up." They wouldn't know, would they... I felt free watching the movie. without a care in the world, a young child once more. the nostalgia can replicate the feeling of being a kid again. I have finally grown old enough to feel nostalgia on that level.

[@spiderfingers86]

Luca is voiced by Jacob Tremblay and his parents are voiced by Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan. About a sea monster boy who appears human when he ventures out into the outside world

[@camoleon545]

If you're gonna be doing all those 2000s Summer teen movies, Aquamarine's a great way to go!

[@StardustAegis]

I adore this movie! I feel that since the story/premise itself was more simple, it gave them a lot of space to dig in and explore each character's growth and identities. We got to explore Luca's dreams and optimism as his world literally expanded, Giulia's perseverance and hope for finding fellow underdogs, and Alberto's growth from having to be self-reliant and being left without a role model at a crucial age. Overall, it's just a beautiful, timeless film that I think will be remembered as a classic in the future. P.S. the picture in the end credits where Luca's dad tries espresso for the first time is so funny 😂

[@21885anna]

This movie is so pure - I really don't think i=there should be an ships, not even between gulia and luca because it just takes away from their innocence as friends

[@Jason-ir5ig]

I enjoyed the movie, but I was a bit bothered by the language inconsistencies. Like, they can read and speak Italian; Luca understood what "Vespa e liberta" meant, but when someone says what's wrong with you stupido, he has no idea what that means?

[@jocelynecupcake]

he has no reason to say "What's wrong with you, stupido?" under the ocean tho XD he only talks to his family, and to fish

[@limogch4586]

Omg the last part when you said that your not ok, omg Sameee! That ending killed me. I’m still very hurt by it. I cried a lot in this movie. It’s just too much. 😭😭😭

[@excrim2]

Just a comment to say that Alberto is my favorite character :D Yeah, the first time I watched this movie, I was: "damn, boy! why are you like this?..." but I knew something wrong, and then, we learned he was left alone by his father, and now he had a friend, he was scared of by leaving alone again. He is the one who made me cry 3 times while watching the movie. And I only cried at these moments.

[@saraandreoli3684]

i just wanted to say, about the gay undertones in this movie, that i don’t think shipping luca and alberto is the point. i think the point is that many lgbt people see themselves in many of their experiences, and can relate very much with what they’re going through (being outed, being bullied, being discriminated against, finding your people, your found family who accepts you no matter what…). this is basically a coming out story, and i think that if you dig a little bit deeper than the “childhood friendship, accepting differences” level, that is basically the only way to read this movie.

[@Malychyte]

Alberto, "I'm okay!" Sophia, "I'm not" hahahah

[@d.eliiii]

Sophia, girl, I'm loving your hair 😍

[@SophiaPhannn]

Hehe thank you 🥰

[@zuko5815]

Luca: iam a GOOD kid My mind:iam a gay fish

[@squishymcpickles8453]

I’m so glad you reacted to this! It’s such a cute movie and in my opinion very gay. If you want some thing from Disney that is confirmed to be LGBTQ plus you should watch the show called the owl house. it is really good and really funny. And season two is literally coming out right now so good time to start watching it

[@erinray878]

I like how you included the credits and the end scene :)

[@kaydenevideo]

I'm so happy you made this commentary! it made me cry too ❤️

[@facetioustimes6211]

Also yes that was a real picture on the handmade Vespa, he was a very popular Italian actor at the time for the ladies (or the lads) 1950s I believe

[@jonathancruz5932]

This movie is a gem

[@wherefancytakesme]

There's a really sweet short on Disney+ about Alberto and Massimo. He keeps worrying he'll screw up as Massimo's "employee" while Giulia and Luca are away, to the point that he considers "quitting" so he won't disappoint his "boss" anymore. SPOILERS: He accidentally calls him dad. (It has a really sweet ending with the message that just because parents get mad at their kids, it doesn't mean they don't love them.)

[@mlee-w664]

I think the skin color difference from Luca, Julia, and Alberto was due to Italy being a very diverse country in regards to Caucasian skin complexion. People from Southern Italy have darker complexions and darker hair on average than those from the north.

[@seiya.power.awesome.inspire]

Omg I love this movie! I'm glad you reacted to it! It's all about having friends and pasta.😍

[@udawg34]

I don't know if I just saw less about this movie than I thought or what, but I had no idea the boys in this movie were in any way aquatic! That first scene of the fishy hands reaching up into the boat had me actually wide-eyed! Also when human Shrek's face appeared I laughed embarrassingly loudly. That moonlit rooftop scene and the ones following it looked incredible, excited to give this movie a watch!

[@losanimationzz6037]

Noooo not the comparison with the human version of Shrek at 7:27 😭😭😭

[@SprinkleGirl]

I haven't seen Luka but my friend has so I'll watch this video after that because NO SPOILERS

[@wendyyyee]

luca is such an amazing movie 😩

[@mayrin_sa]

21:52 that scene broke my heart completely…I’m still recovering

[@JustClaude13]

The clock is still working because it's a mechanical clock. I had one before digital clocks were a thing. The picture in the mirror is Marcello Mastroianni, the famous Italian actor. Giulia can't boss Luca around! Alberto is the big brother! He finally gets a little brother and then she comes along to distract Luca. He's a little co-dependent. Her oaths were a little redundant, considering how many cheeses there are in Italy.

[@thelittletaosena5176]

Rowan Ellis has an amazing video explaining why this movie should have leaned into making Luca and Alberto gay. As someone who just recently realized that I am pansexual through becoming immersed in the LGBTQ+ TikTok community, it was hard to deny that everything about this movie is so closely connected to queerness. Even though platonic love between boys is super important, so too is the representation of queer youth (which has arguably been absent from mainstream media for decades, unlike the former).

[@ludmilatoscano1]

Love is friendship

[@ganglians]

I feel like their skin is super slick to reduce friction as sea monsters so they can shake the water off pretty easy, or if they’re moving fast above water. Just my idea still a continuity thing cuz they get partially wet sometimes and they don’t always turn

[@digitaldoodlxs]

The cat will always be my favorite. Change my mind.

[@videohistory722]

Gulias school has been confirmed to be only an hours train ride away from Portorosso. They visit each other every chance they get. Naysayers, shut up.

[@flowergarden7303]

It is finally time for Luca!

[@isaiahhatter2062]

This whole movie had a Wallace and Grommet like design, and became a Coco-Litte Mermaid combo to me

[@Cwak]

The gay jokes about it are hilarious.

[@danmrtn]

I mean they would look really cute together but ofc its Disney so they're just "good friends" lmaoooo

[@Eniramoi]

What gay jokes?

[@seriffthehufflepuff7592]

Ngl I think this movie made many many people cry 😢😭

[@Machinarydonnie]

I’ve watched Luca more then 20 times.

[@SCompton4]

@ 7:27 When I tell you I busted out cry-laughing as soon as that picture of human Shrek appeared 😭 I really thought you were gonna say Timothée Chalamet or something LMAO

[@konoaricao]

Thank you I agree its just friendship nothing else ;D

[@lucenart]

continuity errors are for the sake of comedic timing and scene importance and impact. I chose not to dwel on it and just enjoy it for what it is

[@sonyasiteny6260]

Oooh! Girl! That eyeshadow! 👌🏼

[@cloudy_dragon9324]

"Grandma?.. did you really-" "HCHHCHAHAHHHHHAH"

[@aliyahpulido953]

7:46 Sophia: Their ignorance, it's so pure! Me: It's so cute- Sophia: It's so cute! Me: Yes, exactly! Y'know what? Instant sub!

[@Miki-jn4vr]

I absolutely love this movie. It's so cute and sweet T--T Also can Giulia's dad be my dad? He's the best

[@joshuataft5541]

Your right I wish things were as simple as we thought they would be as kids

[@joshuataft5541]

I'm a grumpy 30 somthing man and I've watched 5 movie reviews of yours in a row..there good and a good change of pace from what I usualy watch

[@L0v3rb0y_1]

I also cried well watching this

[@kaila_mai02]

so you're telling me.................................that luca is the younger version of human shrek??!!

[@lovesladynoir]

OMG I TOO AM OBSESSED WITH LUCA OMG

[@estersilva7804]

It's so cute to see you cry over this, I get emotional as well

[@prettykit4]

This movie has made me cry. My sister wears bright crystal, The yellow one I also wear a bright crystal, the pink one

[@murugamoorthy7156]

I Love this movie so much! It is for sure the simplest movie Pixar as ever Made but I love it for its Simplicity and Making a Simple story so so damn good! I watched alot and I mean alot of deep Movies before this movie and This Movie came along And I just never had so much fun with a Pixar Movie since Coco... Also its the First Movie since the start of my Depression that made me Cry for someone Else and its not of Saddness but Happiness! And I will forever be Thankful for this Movie for that! And I will Defeat this movie from my damn Core! People dont your darn say Pixar lost there Touch and Use Luca as an Example

[@lindseysquire8417]

I totally ship them, but I love that their relationship was left vague enough to go either way, because the type of love they share doesn't matter. It only matters that they love each other.

[@aldlkj]

i don't ship luca and Alberto AND see that it is gay. their coming out in the town inspiring the old ladies couple coming out makes me ugly cry. also the dad leaving his prejudice and accepting the kids omg IM gonna die.

[@Shadowcat107]

This was such a good movie. I love the animation and the trio of the underdogs that also reminds me of Harry, Hermione and Ron from the Harry Potter movies. I liked the grandma said " some people they'll never accept him. but some will and he seems to know how to find the good ones". don't make me cry or I'll start crying. did you liked Luca? did you like the animation? :)

[@peytonnguyen5819]

you should watch 13 going on 30!! my fave sleepover movie 💗

[@leilamanchino]

I love that movie so much!!

[@niariella03]

This is just my own little theory, so if it doesn’t track, then my bad😅 I like to think that them changing immediately between their different forms has to do with how frequently they do it. Like Alberto changes between forms so quickly because he’s constantly doing so and has been doing so for much longer than Luca, which is why Luca changed forms more slowly the first few times and once his body got used to it, it became more second nature. You could even think of it as simply as Alberto has transformed before and Luca never has, which I think trace well if you think about it the parents when they came to the surface to find Luca. It’s never explicitly said that the parents had never been to the surface, just Luca. They could’ve gone up as little kids and don’t remember it or have trauma from it, which could explain why they’re (mostly the mom) are so adamant about him staying away from the surface and humans. Like think of it as muscle memory or something similar. I hope this makes Sense.

[@emilyjones9787]

My sibling and I hardly ever cry over movies, but this had us crying for _days_ after-

[@saulgonzales2981]

So heart warming!

[@Ultimate_Lifeform_05]

I already watched Luca like 12 times and I only cried once am I ok???!!!

[@ilikegirls6891]

i can definetly see how people would think of it as a young queer relationship but to me i feel like its really too soon for them to get together bcus they just met (unless there was a huge time skip) and love at first sight never really gets to me, if they already knew eachother at the beginning then maybe i wouldve seen it as gay, so queer or not i love it i guess its the whole thing abt having to hide things from your family, luca being quite sheltered and not being able to explore which is an experience queer people can go through people who watch this may seem themselves in them and headcanon it as gay that how i think it is though

[@neontyler6663]

Watched this film for the 10th time. I love it so much, my new Comfort movie ❤️❤️❤️

[@trajan1707]

I love this movie!

[@FortuitousOwl]

JASON MANTZOUKAS is the guy you were thinking of, check out the How Did This Get Made podcast where he is a host and Brooklyn 99 where he is an extra.

[@butthole9148]

i have a bit of a theory that the sea monsters skin is hydrophobic, and thats how they dry so fast, especially cause the way the water sits like droplets on them the way it would on something hydrophobic? idk thats what i think

[@brandi3981]

damn this was paused on my compy in a tab i forgot about XD these 3 as the golden trio clearly the main character is luca but the taller bestie boy has green eyes and the girl with wild hair is the red head

[@dustiemarzullo2129]

Wene Alberto tried to get off the makeshift Vespa it reminded me of me trying to get off my friends scoter

[@rynbliss]

have you heard the theory that bruno is the name of alberto's father? 🥺😭

[@Mathewrath]

SHAPE OF THE WATER, PLEASE!

[@heaven9926]

in italy you can ride a motorcycle at age 14

[@joselynflores153]

the meanings behind some of the characters names suckkk but they also have me deaddd ercole means hercules and cicco means fat boy lmaoo

[@Me-wx1mt]

**gasp** I just thought of something not really related to this video but still related kind of. We should be called Phan Fans, because we're fans of Sophia Phan! Idk why I just thought of that but I thought it was really clever lol.

[@albertslagter6399]

You should watch vivo on Netflix it made me cry twice

[@samthelion3925]

I'm just watching your reaction and I'm sitting here crying again.

[@RachelCop]

Ercole is actually 18 or 19, I was really curious about his age so I asked the director and he confirmed it. Imo Ercole is 19 because ngl I thought he was at least 20 at most :)