Films Elio

Film • 2025 • Adventure, Alien Invasion, Animation, …

Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.

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Cast & Crew

Madeline SharafianDirector & Story
Domee ShiDirector & Story
Adrian MolinaDirector & Story
James S. BakerStory Artist
Brian LarsenStory Supervisor
Julia ChoScreenplay & Story
Mark HammerScreenplay
Mike JonesScreenplay
Yonas KibreabElio / Other Elio (voice)
Zoe SaldañaOlga Solís (voice)
Remy EdgerlyGlordon (voice)
Brandon MoonAmbassador Helix (voice)
Brad GarrettLord Grigon (voice)
Jameela JamilAmbassador Questa (voice)
Young DylanBryce (voice)
Jake T. GetmanCaleb (voice)
Matthias SchweighöferAmbassador Tegmen (voice)
Ana de la RegueraAmbassador Turais (voice)
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Details

Status	Released
Release	June 18, 2025
Origins	United States of America
Genres	Adventure Alien Invasion Animation Comedy Computer Animation Drama Family Fantasy Sci-Fi Space Sci-Fi
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Reviews	Elio Has Trouble Getting Out of Its Own Head Alison Willmore • vulture.com Movie Review: Elio austinchronicle.com • austinchronicle.com Review: Pixar’s outer-space adventure Elio is not nearly as out of this world as it thinks it is The Globe and Mail • theglobeandmail.com 'Elio' review: Earth to Pixar, latest animated adventure falls flat The Detroit News • detroitnews.com Horror, a documentary, or kids, there are only good choices at the movies this weekend NPR • npr.org Elio James Berardinelli • reelviews.net ‘Elio’ Review: A Lonely Boy Makes Friends With an Alien in Emotionally Grounded Outer-Space Cartoon Peter Debruge • variety.com ‘Elio:’ Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind - The Boston Globe BostonGlobe.com • bostonglobe.com ‘Elio’ Review: Pixar’s Colorful Sci-Fi Film Celebrates Weird Kids, but Only Allegorically William Bibbiani • thewrap.com Elio Review: Pixar's Latest Tearjerker Is Their Best Original Since Coco - SlashFilm SlashFilm • slashfilm.com

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