{"id":36426,"date":"2021-12-16T14:07:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=36426"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:07:47","slug":"vivo-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/16\/vivo-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivo (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWhat difference can one song make?\u201d asks the titular Vivo. The answer is: A huge difference. One song can change the world. It can transport us back in time. It can sadden us, lift us up, and inspire us. \u201cVivo\u201d is about the value and power of music, and it\u2019s coordinated by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a man who has spent a lot of his career trying to promote the power of music, and how creativity in music can help and shape how we think. \u201cVivo\u201d is a movie that kids deserve to experience for that fact, alone.<\/p>\n

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Lin-Manuel Miranda plays Vivo kind kinkajou who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively square with his beloved owner Andr\u00e9s (Buena Vista Social Club’s Juan de Marcos). When tragedy strikes shortly after Andr\u00e9s receives a letter from the famous Marta Sandoval (Latin pop legend Gloria Estefan), inviting her old partner to her farewell concert with the hope of reconnecting, it’s up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andr\u00e9s never could: In order to get to Marta, who lives a world apart, Vivo will need the help of Gabi (newcomer Ynairaly Simo) — an energetic tween, to fulfill his owner’s wishes.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s shocking how little I\u2019ve heard about \u201cVivo\u201d this year (even with Lin-Manuel Miranda fueling the publicity for it), as it\u2019s one of the most positive and vibrant animated musicals I\u2019ve seen in a long time. It instantly stuck on to me from the moment it opened and I was so engrossed with the unique relationships and the way the script handles grief, and loss. Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s influence is unmistakable, as he injects so much of his sensibilities and attitudes towards music through and through. The music isn\u2019t just an element of the movie, but it\u2019s practically its own character.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an entity that manages to connect pretty much everyone in the film, no matter how different they are. It\u2019s how Vivo realizes he likes Gabi, it\u2019s how Marta manages to connect with her old love Andres, and it\u2019s the nearly supernatural device that resolves the entire film\u2019s dilemma. Lin-Manuel Miranda carries the film with a lively and enthusiastic performance playing a likable and often charming hero. The collective cast are also marvelous including Zoe Saldana, Ynairaly Simo, Juan De Marcos, and Gloria Estefan, respectively. Estefan\u2019s performance is especially passionate, as her portrayal of Marta Sandoval is often heartbreaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cVivo\u201d is a wonderful, woefully overlooked animated gem that embraces its Latin roots unabashedly, exposing various shades of Latin music to the young audience, and reveling in how magical it can be, and often is. \u201cVivo\u201d might just get lost in the shuffle at the end of the year, but it\u2019s a wonderful animated musical, one that\u2019s filled with emotion, heart, and some solid laughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat difference can one song make?\u201d asks the titular Vivo. The answer is: A huge difference. One song can change the world. It can transport us back in time. It can sadden us, lift us up, and inspire us. \u201cVivo\u201d is about the value and power of music, and it\u2019s coordinated by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[71,99,219,340,580,700,766],"class_list":["post-36426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-adventure","tag-animation","tag-comedy","tag-family","tag-kids","tag-musical","tag-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36428,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36426\/revisions\/36428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}