Elio
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: June 20, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
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60
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Aparita BhandariJun 19, 2025
Disney and Pixar’s latest outing delivers on some frontiers, but puzzles on others. Read full review
60
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJun 18, 2025
Elio is a spirited, engaging 98 minutes. But its tired attempts at the gentle profundity of old—that Wall-E wallop, that Up uplift—are emblematic of a studio that’s running out of ways to whimsically allegorize human experience. Alien experience, too. Read full review
60
LooperAudrey FoxJun 18, 2025
The result is a cute but uneven production that doesn't live up to its impressively imaginative concepts. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 17, 2025
The best Pixar films make their dexterous mixture of humour, emotion and spectacle feel effortless but the ingredients do not blend as smoothly in Elio. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanJun 17, 2025
Elio feels just a tad too familiar in its sights and story beats to seem totally fresh. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 17, 2025
Overall, it’s an entertaining bit of summer fun. Read full review
58
IndieWireWilson ChapmanJun 17, 2025
Elio isn’t a bad time at the theaters — it’s pretty to look at, charming enough, and frequently funny. But by shying away from investing in where its main character is coming from, the movie makes his galactic adventures feel a bit weightless. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJun 19, 2025
Before long, the fleetingly liberated child and the filmmakers’ imaginative playfulness are boxed up, and the whole thing turns into yet another superhero adventure. Read full review
50
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJun 17, 2025
It’s all about radical acceptance but can only talk about the real-world application of its message in general metaphors, so people who don’t actually accept 'weird,' 'different' kids won’t have to think about how wrong they are. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJun 17, 2025
Elio . . . plays like something that was imperfectly assembled from its component parts, as though its creative team couldn’t figure out a way to align its visions of candy-colored intergalactic diplomacy with its emotional themes of empathy and learning to think about what’s going on inside those around us. Read full review
50
The Irish TimesTara BradyJun 17, 2025
Elio is a half-formed thing. The basic story beats suggest that subplots and jokes have gone missing. Even the buddy comedy between Elio and Glordon is curiously marginalised. The candy-coloured character designs will please younger viewers, but the all-ages pleasures of peak Pixar are in short supply. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherJun 17, 2025
Nothing here resonates and its slavish adherence to recent Pixar formula is ultimately deadening. Yes, Elio, you are unique and wonderful. Your flaw is your gift. Now, please, can we all go home! Read full review
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