{"id":18650,"date":"2022-02-13T18:53:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T23:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18650"},"modified":"2022-02-15T21:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T02:24:06","slug":"luca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/luca\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca"},"content":{"rendered":"

{4.5\/5} “Walking is just like swimming, but without fins or a tail. And also there\u2019s no water.”<\/p>\n

Luca<\/strong>, released in 2021<\/p>\n

Luca is a sea monster — his mom always tells him to stay away from the surface. But one day he follows a guy named Alberto out of the water and finds that when he goes onto land he transforms into human form. Alberto has a bunch of human stuff, and he and Luca have lots of fun. His mom finds out and decides to send him to the bottom of the ocean with his see-through uncle, but Luca runs away — he and Alberto go to the human town.<\/p>\n

With a cast of delightful characters, this animated movie from Pixar is a pleasure to watch from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

It’s about friendship, and seeing that people who are different might not be monsters.<\/p>\n

There’s an epilogue to the story in the form of still images during the credits.<\/p>\n

Stars the voices of Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by Enrico Casarosa (story artist on Coco<\/strong><\/a>). The Italian flavoured music is by Dan Romer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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