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By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 18 Aug 2021

Vivo's animated musical sequences are gorgeous to look at and fun to listen to, even if the plot loses the rhythm about halfway through…

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By Petrana Radulovic (45) for Polygon (677) on 06 Aug 2021

When the movie leans into the music and the love story at its core, it shines, evoking poignant emotions…

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By Darren Franich (64) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Aug 2021

Have tissues ready, and thank Vivo for teaching the little ones a valuable lesson: Do not go into a swamp alone, or you will meet a tree-size…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 06 Aug 2021

This sinks or swims on its songs, and Miranda as a busking/hustling/rhyme-spitting monkey makes it swim…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 06 Aug 2021

Vivo is a heartfelt piece with catchy songs and a much more cohesive plot than Miranda’s Moana, which gets tangled midway through…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 06 Aug 2021

What begins in lively and vibrant fashion as the title would suggest gets bogged down in a literal and figurative swamp in Vivo…

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By Aparita Bhandari (53) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 05 Aug 2021

It’s glorious in some parts, stretches out your willingness to suspend disbelief in others…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Aug 2021

Through it all, the Latino-influenced ballads, dance numbers and hip-hop numbers infuse the story with great life, and how can anybody possibly…

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By Amy Amatangelo (36) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 05 Aug 2021

Part adventure, part wistful romance—alongside some nice lessons imparted about friendship, family and taking risks—Vivo is enjoyable and…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 05 Aug 2021

Last year’s biggest animated feature was Pixar’s Soul…

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By Michael Ordona (350) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Aug 2021

Vivo takes off with a cute kinkajou, some good music and some interesting visuals, but ultimately doesn’t stick the landing…

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By Maya Phillips (33) for The New York Times (9,847) on 05 Aug 2021

Vivo, despite its exuberant beginning and heartfelt ending, struggles to offer more than odd turns and clichés in the rest of its story…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 04 Aug 2021

While a majority of the movie is a rambunctious road trip with a few call-outs to Studio Ghibli (Michael Rooker’s Lutador the giant python…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 04 Aug 2021

If the Miranda musical touches are getting familiar, they’re still a lot fresher than the script here, yet another story of a pet animal…

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By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Aug 2021

Like practically every other animated movie meant for mass consumption, the movie gets lost in the chase — the point where story flow is…

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By John Nugent (191) for Empire (3,446) on 30 Jul 2021

More family-friendly than for-all-ages-friendly — but lively work from the thriving Sony Animation makes this energetic Lin-Manuel Miranda…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 29 Jul 2021

Vivo is strategically contrived to hit audiences’ pleasure spots, blending a grown-up-friendly story of a Latin-music couple whose careers…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 29 Jul 2021

The film’s computer-animated visuals, vividly rendering such locales as Cuba, Key West and the Everglades, are consistently arresting…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 29 Jul 2021

The eye-popping gloss of Vivo will probably lure in impressive numbers for Netflix (the animation itself is generic but impressive) but in…

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By Josh Spiegel (148) for Slashfilm (971) on 29 Jul 2021

Vivo is plenty colorful, with a bright pastel palette both when the film’s action takes place in Cuba and in Florida, though the backgrounds…

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