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Elemental (2023) | Ranked Top 20% · CriticCrunch

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Elemental

Movie2023·102 min

Elemental

Directed by Peter Sohn

Animation Comedy Family Romance

An Oscar-nominated animation comedy film directed by Peter Sohn.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 20%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

About Elemental

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Whimsical, Cozy
Story Tags: identity self discovery, forbidden love, family legacy, fantasy mythology, urban, romantic partners, outsider misfit, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, forbidden star crossed, romcom meet cute

5K ratings

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Details

Director: Peter Sohn
Language: English

Cast

Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Animated Feature (2023)

How Elemental Ranks

All movies

Top 20%

2020s movies

Top 22%

Animation movies

Top 14%

2020s Animation movies

Top 22%

★Peter Sohn films#2 of 3

Top 22% 2020s Animation movies.

Second-best Peter Sohn film, behind Partly Cloudy.

the vibe

Elemental Vibe

What it feels like

measuredhopefulgentleapproachablelight-touchpersonalheartfelt

whimsical

cozy

What it's about

fish out of waterslow-burn revealidentity self discoveryforbidden lovefamily legacyoutsider misfitromantic partnersfantasy mythologyforbidden star crossedmeet-cuteurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

whimsicalquirky