Paul Klein doesn't seem to have many issues at all with "Elio". He writes that the film "might just be the best Pixar film since Inside Out. It's often funny, very thrilling and has moments that are very moving. It shows that even the biggest outsider can find community and that our complications make us who we are."

Zoe Saldaña and Brad Garrett are among the voice cast for the animated feature about a young boy who, feeling out of place on Earth, dreams of getting abducted by aliens.

It has a universal and powerful theme that drives the story (examining what it means to feel alone); it has spunky and memorable protagonists and antagonists; and while the animation style isn’t anything one would think of as revolutionary,