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Elemental (2023)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Elemental has a scene taking place at a sporting event that has very mild and sporadic camera flashes in the stands, similar to a real sporting event.

The camera follows some action at high speeds, but all of the camera work is either stationary or very smooth.

Flashing Lights: 1/10. Motion Sickness: 2/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: This film depicts openly hostile and discriminatory attitudes among the public.

NOTE: The short film preceding theatrical showings of this film, Carl's Date, has no cause for concern with flashing lights or motion sickness, and no mental health triggers beyond the tragic backstory for Carl Fredricksen from Up.

NOTE: Our evaluation of The Flash is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will be available on this page tomorrow.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Elemental

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Elemental

Elemental    [trailer]

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.

Sure, the story is not exactly original, and some of the plot points and "life lessons" get spelled out literally, which is a bit unfortunate.

But it looks absolutely gorgeous. The colour scheme, the animation, the world building. The underwater passage when they visit the garden feels magical.

And there are so many wonderful details, like, the way she welds pipes and creates glass, his family constantly making each other cry, or the way he refracts her light to light the flame.

It's often difficult to understand why some movies become box office hits and others flop. This one certainly deserved to be more successful.

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[adamwatchesmovies]

Elemental (2023)

The worst thing you can say about Elemental is that it isn’t as wildly original as some of Pixar’s other outings. Although the plot is set in a city of fire, water, earth and air "people", it’s not REALLY about this world of anthropomorphic elements and the story told is not all that dissimilar from Zootopia, among others. This doesn’t make Elemental any less gorgeous or unexpectedly romantic.

In Element City, the fiery Bernie (Ronnie del Carmen) and Cinder (Shila Ommi) own a convenience store they hope to pass to their daughter, Ember (Leah Lewis), after they retire. When a pipe in their basement bursts, a water element health inspector named Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie) files a report. Now, Ember has less than a week to figure out why the pipes in Firetown still contain water or the Fireplace will be shut down.

I hadn’t seen many trailers for Elemental and expected what we usually see from Pixar: comedies with some action and drama. Elemental is a romantic drama with a few elements of comedy sprinkled in. As I watched the film and saw Ember and Wade grow closer (the ultimate “opposites attract”), I wondered if the children in the audience would grow bored. None of them did. The screenplay by John Hoberg, KaLiktkel and Brenda Hsueh (director Peter Sohn also contributed to the story) strikes the perfect balance. There’s a little bit of danger to make the stakes feel real, visual gags that come from the characters designs, many emotional developments (there's a chance you'll cry) and a strong romance tying it all together. You know your lovey-lovey movie is doing something right when the audience is on the edge of their seat, waiting for that first kiss.

Elemental is also a story of immigrants making their place in a society full of people who are different from them. You can see why I compared it to Zootopia earlier. Like the 2016 film, this one makes its point/make you think without beating you over the head thanks to its fantasy elements. You can see why Ember and her family might be turned away from a botanical garden. They’re made of flames... but why wasn’t the building designed with their special needs in mind? Why are so many things in Element City inconvenient or even potentially deadly for them? If that doesn’t resonate with you - which would be hard; the film does an excellent job getting you to understand Ember - her story about living up to her parent’s expectations and wondering if their dreams are the same thing as hers will.

Pixar has always pushed the art of computer-generated animation forward. What’s particularly noteworthy about Elemental is that the fire people we see aren't simply emulating what real-life flames look like. The animators made the decision to give the film more personality by choosing to do their own thing when bringing Ember and her kin to life. Then there’s her match, Wade. He's a completely translucent character, which can't have been easy, but you'd never guess it. Elemental offers a lot in terms of the character designs and also in the various products sold in the shop, the posters and advertisements in the background, and the many, many puns found on billboards and signs. You can see a bunch of them during the end credits, along with a rather touching tribute at the very end, so I’d encourage you to stick around for that.

I recognize that Elemental is not as original as it could’ve been and doesn’t quite use the natural abilities of its characters as much as it could have to make them as different from regular people as you’d think anthropomorphic water would be from you and me. Despite this, I got swept away by the romance. I get the feeling this is the sort of movie you might not know you’ve been waiting for until you’ve sat down and watched it. (Theatrical version on the big screen, June 14, 2023)

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[tinyreviews]

Love the Zoroastrian-esque religion. And the effort to make the characters non-racially identifiable.

Elemental is a 2023 American computer-animated romantic comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, it stars Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Catherine O'Hara. 

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Title: Elemental

Rating: PG

Director: Peter Sohn

Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara, Mason Wertheimer, Ronobir Lahiri, Wilma Bonet, Joe Pera, Matthew Yang King, Clara Lin Ding, Reagan To, Jeff Lapensee, Ben Morris

Release year: 2023

Genres: fantasy, family, comedy, romance

Blurb: In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

#elemental #pg #peter sohn #leah lewis #mamoudou athie #ronnie del carmen #shila ommi #wendi mclendon covey #2023 #fantasy #family #comedy #romance

[geekcavepodcast]

Elemental "Welcome to Element City" Trailer

Element City is where fire, water, land, and air residents all live. Ember has always stayed close to home in Firetown when one day she meets Wade and leaves the comfort of home to explore the city.

Elemental stars Leah Lewis (Ember), Mamoudou Athie (Wade), Ronnie del Carmen (Bernie), Shila Ommi (Cinder), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Gale), Catherine O’Hara (Brook), Mason Wertheimer (Clod), and Joe Pera (Fern). Peter Sohn directs from a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Hsueh. Thomas Newman composed and conducted the original score.

Elemental releases to theaters on June 16, 2023.

#elemental #leah lewis #mamoudou athie #ronnie del carmen #shila ommi #wendi mclendon covey #catherine o'hara #mason wertheimer #joe pera #peter sohn #john hoberg #kat likkel #hsueh #thomas newman #pixar #TGCLiz #Youtube

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I'm Feeling 'Elemental'

I'm Feeling 'Elemental'

Like Water for Fire (CREDIT: Pixar/Screenshot) Starring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Catherine O’Hara Director: Peter Sohn Running Time: 109 Minutes Rating: PG Release Date: June 16, 2023 (Theaters) For someone who often reviews movies by asking, “Do I want to be/do what’s in the movie?,” Elemental is a dream come true! A love story between a…

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#Elemental #Leah Lewis #Mamoudou Athie #Ronnie del Carmen #Shila Ommi #Wendi McLendon-Covey #Catherine O'Hara #Peter Sohn #2023

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Elemental (2023)

Movie #1,271 • KIDZONE

Oh look it's a Pixar movie with a one-word title featuring some not-so-veiled woke-ass socio-political commentary with stunning, some might say groundbreaking animation... I'm kidding about one of those things mostly. I really did dig the look of this and the world they created. Much more style than their recent output. The story is a bit meh, but it's fine. It is somewhat insane to me that this cost $200 million dollars to make, though. Anyway, guessed it bombed pretty hard but my kids enjoyed it. I like going to the movie theater.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¼

#kids #animation #2023 #pixar #peter sohn director #leah lewis #mamoudou athie #ronnie del carmen #shila ommi #wendi mclendon-covey #catherine o'hara #7.25 #🇺🇸

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Elemental DVD (2023)

Title : Elemental

Release Year : 2023

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[kermodefan94-blog]

Elemental. Movie Review.

Being a die-hard Pixar fan in 2023 who has been lucky enough to attend multiple UK premieres of their work is a weird prospect in 2023. This writer will be ride or die for them whatever they put out opening weekend theatrically. Nevertheless estimating how much brand damage sending two of their very best modern offerings and another distinctly above-average one straight to Disney + will be hard…

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#Catherine O&039;Hara #Leah Lewis #Mamoudou Athie #Mason Wertheimer #Peter Sohn #Ronnie Del Carmen #Shila Ommi #Wendi McLendon-Covey

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NOC Review: Pixar's 'Elemental' is a Sweet and Colorful Treat

NOC Review: Pixar's 'Elemental' is a Sweet and Colorful Treat @Pixar @pixarelemental #Elemental

It’s true, that the best days of Pixar may be behind us. From modern day classics like Up, Wall-E, and Ratatouille, to more mediocre fare like Lightyear and Onward, the studio has essentially gone from “great” to “okay” after more than 20 years. Sure there are astonishing works of art among the recent films, such as Soul, Turning Red, or Inside Out. But overall, the track record simply isn’t…

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Shila Ommi stopped by Silence on Set podcast to talk about what fans can expect as the latest season of Tehran on Apple+ wraps up, her experience on Little America, how she got the role of Nahid Kamali and why theatre is so important.

Host: Monica Gleberman

Editor: Ashley Pelletier

Social Media Graphic: Jojo

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Bio:

Shila Ommi is an American actress, director, writer and producer who was born in Tehran, Iran, and grew up in Los Angeles.

She has directed and produced award winning plays in Los Angeles, and for over a decade she toured internationally under the name Shila Vosough in an Iranian-American theater production company performing plays in Persian.

Shila directed the feature film, 'Wake Up Sleeping Beauty', a psychological dramatic film about a young Iranian-American woman waking up from cultural trappings and 'curses,' and coming into her own power. It was produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.

A graduate of UCLA, Ommi received a Departmental Honors for a 'Bachelor of Science in Biological Anthropology' minoring in Biology, where she wrote a published thesis on 'Parental Investment Among Vervet Monkeys.' She later attended the Ruskin School of Acting where she studied under the tutelage of John Ruskin and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

In addition to emceeing charities, hosting award shows, moderating and occasionally performing stand-up comedy, Ommi is also a prolific voice-over artist narrating documentaries and voicing characters in animated TV and web series.

#spotify #silence on set #Shila ommi #tehran

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Tehran Star Shila Ommi Interview

Tehran Star Shila Ommi Interview

Tehran is in the middle of its second season on Apple TV+ with new episodes premiering Fridays through June 17. The series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, Glenn Close, and more. Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan) is a hacker who used to work for Mossad. Season two finds her reeling after her failure to destroy Iran’s nuclear reactor and attempting to lead a new life in Canada. However, once…

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Elemental Trailer

Pixar’s next original feature film introduces the world of Element City, where fire, water, land, and air residents all live. Ember has always stayed close to home in Firetown when one day she meets Wade and leaves the comfort of home to explore the city.

Elemental stars Leah Lewis (Ember), Mamoudou Athie (Wade), Ronnie del Carmen (Bernie), Shila Ommi (Cinder), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Gale), Catherine O’Hara (Brook), Mason Wertheimer (Clod), and Joe Pera (Fern). Peter Sohn directs from a screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Hsueh. Thomas Newman composed and conducted the original score.

Elemental releases to theaters on June 16, 2023.

#elemental #pixar #leah lewis #mamoudou athie #ronnie del carmen #shila ommi #wendi mclendon covey #catherine o'hara #mason wertheimer #joe pera #peter sohn #thomas newman #john hoberg #kat likkel #hsueh #disney #TGCLiz

[litcityblues]

'Elemental' --A Review

Here's a question to ponder: has Pixar ever made a truly bad movie? I think the answer to that question might be no. I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to watch this movie. Internet chatter seemed to think it wasn't that good and the box office hadn't been that great for it-- but we had heard from some people we know that they had enjoyed it quite a bit. As it turns out, the direct reviews we got from our friends were correct and a slow start at the box office apparently didn't mean much in the end, because as of November 1st, it's grossed nearly half a billion dollars worldwide. So... (shrug emoji)

Elemental opens with fire elements Bernie (Ronnie Del Carmen) and Cinder (Shila Ommi) immigrating to Element City where they join a diverse metropolis that contains all the classical elements, but Fire elements are treated with disdain and distrust. Eventually, they find where the Fire community lives and set up their Blue Flame which represents their traditions, and start a convenience store for the local community they call The Fireplace and they have a daughter, Ember. (Leah Lewis)

The movie then flips forward to the present day, where Ember, now grown, still struggles to control her fiery temper but wants nothing more than to make her parents happy and take over the store so her Dad, Bernie can finally retire. One day, he allows her to run the store by herself, but she loses her temper again and runs off to the basement where her fiery outburst causes a water pipe to break and the basement to flood and that's when Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie) shows up-- he's a city inspector and water element who notices the faulty plumbing and despite Ember's best efforts to stop him, submits a report to his air element boss, Gayle Cumulus (Wendi McLendon-Covey) who will have to shut the Fireplace down.

Unwilling to face her parents with the news, Ember and Wade convince Gayle to cut them a deal-- turns out, that Wade was investigating a leak in the city canals before he found himself in The Fireplace and proposes to Gayle that if they can find the leak and fix it, she will forgive the violations. She agrees and together they track down the leak and fix it first with sandbags and then Ember demonstrates her glassmaking ability to make a better seal.

Eventually, she visits Wade's family at a luxury apartment, where she uses her fire to fix a broken glass pitcher, which impresses Wade's mom, Brook (Catherine O'Hara) so much she recommends Ember for a glassmaking internship that freaks her out-- because it's the first time she's realized that she doesn't want to take over The Fireplace when her parents retire.

Bernie finally announces his retirement and that Ember will be taking over the Fireplace, but Wade takes her on one last trip to the flooded Garden Central Station to see the vivesteria flowers she wasn't allowed to see as a child because of prejudice against Fire Elements. They dance afterward and realize that they can touch without harming one another, but Ember's sense of duty to the Fireplace and her family's prejudice against Water Elements is too much, so she breaks up with Wade. He shows up at Bernie's retirement party and confesses his love to Ember and also accidentally reveals that it was she who broke the pipe. Ember still rejects Wade, but her Mom, Cinder, senses some genuine feelings for him but it's too late. Bernie renounces his retirement and refuses to give Ember the store.

Soon after, Ember's seal on the dam breaks, and Firetown floods. She saves her parents and the Blue Flame, but she and Wade are trapped inside the Fireplace and he evaporates from the enclosed heat after the flood recedes, Ember finally confesses to her Bernie that she doesn't want to run The Fireplace and has feelings for Wade. She then realizes that he's seeped into the stone ceiling and plays 'the crying game' to get him to drip back into his normal form. The movie ends with the two of them sailing off to travel the world so Ember can study glassmaking and they go with the blessing of Ember's parents.

Overall: I don't think Pixar has ever made a truly bad movie and I'd put this one squarely in the upper tier. The animation was gorgeous, Element City's imagination sprung to life, and using the classical elements to tell a story of the immigrant experience worked brilliantly. (Apparently, the director drew on movies like Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Moonstruck, and Amelie-- all of which I can totally see in this movie.) The cast was great, the story engaging and, like all Pixar movies, it works on two levels-- entertains the kids, but a genuine, mature enough story to keep adults interested as well which always gets my seal of approval for animated movies.

I do not get the buzz that this movie was in any way one of Pixar's weaker offerings, because it's just not. I think very quietly, this one might place itself up there next to some of their best- especially if they don't fall prey to Disney's apparently inescapable urge to give everything these days a sequel.

My Grade: **** out of ****. Pixar don't miss. This one looks beautiful, tells a beautiful story, and is more than up to their usual standards.

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