IMDb plot summary: Vivo follows a one-of-kind kinkajou who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively square with his beloved owner Andrés. But when tragedy strikes shortly after Andrés receives a letter from the famous Marta Sandoval, inviting her old partner to her farewell concert with the hope of reconnecting, it's up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andrés never could.
Directed by Kirk DeMicco. Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, and Juan de Marcos González.
I watched this for Miranda's music, and it delivers pretty well on that level. It's got his trademark mix of showtunes, Latino rhythms, and hip-hop, and the tunes are pretty great. The story, however, is told in that classic DreamWorks style of having too many quirky side characters that don't actually add much to the movie or have much personality, and it ends up being more awkwardly chaotic than anything else. I like the central characters and would easily recommend the soundtrack, and younger kids will probably not be as annoyed by the shallow filler bits as I was, but this isn't something I feel inspired to watch again any time soon.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Vivo < Sunday in the Park with George
Vivo > A Prairie Home Companion
Vivo > Batman: Under the Red Hood
Vivo > Venom
Vivo > Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Vivo < Broken Embraces
Vivo < The Lighthouse
Vivo > Dunkirk
Vivo > Molly's Game
Vivo < The Piano
Vivo > Jack Strong
Final spot: #1826 out of 3481, or 48%.
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