Jacob Tremblay voices Luca, Jack Dylan Grazer is his buddy Alberto, Emma Berman their cis-human-female friend Giulia (pronounced Julia), Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan are Luca's parents, and Sacha Baron Cohen has a cameo as Uncle Ugo, who has a bonus scene at the very end of the credits.
Enrico Casarosa directs from the screenplay by Jesse Andrews & Mike Jones and story by Casarosa, Andrews, and Simon Stephenson.
They encounter discrimination (gasp!) because the villagers want to destroy all sea monsters but Giulia eventually understands and helps with that, too.
The soundtrack by Dan Romer is available on Apple Music and elsewhere, and there are other songs, especially Italian opera.
The soundtrack by Dan Romer is available on Apple Music and elsewhere, and there are other songs, especially Italian opera.
Usually I read the entire imdb trivia section but I want to catch up my postings, so this time it's TLDR (too long, didn't read). The two items I noted soon after starting the list were that the movie was made during the pandemic at their homes and that Luca, like Casarosa, is shy and reserved and has his big eyes opened up by the wilder Alberto. It's a fun list to read after watching, though.
Tremblay was last blogged for Good Boys, Rudolph for Wine Country, Gaffigan for Troop Zero, Cohen for The Trial of the Chicago 7, Andrews for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Jones for Soul, and Romer for The Little Hours.
Grazer is the son of Brian Grazer (Ron Howard's long-time producing partner) and starred in the HBO series We Are Who We Are, among others, and this is Berman's first feature after one series. Casarosa makes his feature directing debut.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are swimming right along, with averages of 91 and 87%, respectively.
We watched it at home with our subscription to Disney+ on July 6.
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