Elemental (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Why did Elemental flop? ›

Worse still for the consistently experimental and technologically innovative animation studio, the reviews for Elemental were decidedly middling to unkind: “dull-witted and syrupy” (Deadline); “the story beats are overly familiar” (Los Angeles Times); “The movie looks good … but its undercooked concept is a problem” ( ...

Elemental is an obnoxiously overt allegory without charm and, ironically, little chemistry. Its rehashed and meandering plot is only outdone by its lack of Imagination, sloth-like pacing, and general incompetence by all those involved in its creation. We can't wait for the live-action remake! 2 people reacted to this.

The flick joins last year's woke Lightyear which also bombed as well as Disney's secret gay Strange World animated movie. Elemental is said to feature talks about racism and xenophobia and introduces a non-binary character who uses they/them pronouns.

To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.

The woke, occult content in ELEMENTAL is gratuitous. It adds nothing to the story and will annoy many family moviegoers who don't want their children exposed to such content. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.

Elemental is a movie that just doesn't stick out. Pixar made this one a unoriginal story of opposites attacting and families and community not wanting them together. Not much was stuff hadn't seen before. One of the things that did stick out to me was the animation.

“Disney Pixar's latest film Elemental has a non-binary character who has a girlfriend and uses they/them pronouns. They just can't stop shoving this down kids' throats can they?” one irrationally angry Twitter user wrote, before claiming that the “animators were smoking crack” in designing Lake.

Pixar is damaged as a big-screen brand. That was one of the rather glum takeaways from the weekend box office, which found “Elemental,” a $200 million-plus Pixar original, arriving to a disastrous $29.5 million in domestic ticket sales.

Their language, “Firish,” at turns sounds South Asian, East Asian, and Middle Eastern; their architecture and traditions are similarly inconstant; and the central family—protagonist Ember, her father Bernie, and her mother Cinder—consists of actors with Chinese, Filipino, and Iranian roots, respectively.

Ember does not know that Cinder followed her, but she is unable to follow Ember into the condo. Wade's mother, Brook Ripple, is very kind and emotional like her son and the rest of the family. Even though Wade is voiced by an African American actor, he and his family are very white-coded.

Is Elemental doing well? ›

Little by little, however, the $200 million film became a hit, collecting nearly $500 million worldwide. For the year to date, “Elemental” ranks No. 9 on the list of top-grossing films, ahead of Marvel's latest “Ant-Man” sequel.

Why this film gets a 13+ rating is it features a same sex couple in a pivitol scene as well as a non-binary character. I don't believe children under 13 need to be exposed to this. Additionally, the film has too many almost swear words moments and mean language. This is very typical of modern Disney movies nowadays.

Elemental has two LGBTQ+ characters, but they are very, very minor characters. When Ember and Wade start to fall in love, Wade invites her to meet his family, which is quite an experience given that their apartment is flowing with water everywhere.

Aimed at children, this is a movie that families can watch together and one that adults and teens might just fall in love with too. These are the main messages from Elemental: Don't discount people because they are different. If we embrace people who are different and learn from them, everyone is better off.

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