PREVIEW: Luca (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jacob Tremblay (Room), Jack Dylan Grazer (It), Emma Berman (film debut), Marco Barricelli (film debut), Saverio Raimondo (film debut), Maya Rudolph (The Mitchells vs. The Machines), Jim Gaffigan (Playmobil: The Movie), Sandy Martin (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Giacomo Gianniotti (Race), Marina Massironi (That’s Life), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Enrico Casarosa (film debut), director; Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and Mike Jones (Soul), writers; Andrea Warren (Cars 3), producer; Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild), composer; David Juan Bianchi (film debut) and Kim White (film debut), cinematographers; Catherine Apple (Onward) and Jason Hudak (Cars 3), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Portorosso, a small seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a 13-year-old boy named Luca (Tremblay) shares exciting adventures with his best friend Alberto (Grazer), and local girl Giulia (Berman). However, unbeknownst to everyone else, Luca and Alberto are actually sea monsters from below the surface, who have taken on the forms of human boys to explore life above the ocean…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The newest Pixar film is a sunny, sweet and imaginative coming-of-age drama with a touch of fantasy, this time exploring the joys and wonders of growing up in the Italian Riviera.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Mother Mary (dir. David Lowery)

A pop star has an otherworldly reunion with her former costume designer…

Apex (dir. Baltasar Kormákur)

An adrenaline junkie crosses paths with a mysterious serial killer…

Michael (dir. Antoine Fuqua)

The early life and career of the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson…

Rose of Nevada (dir. Mark Jenkin)

A pair of fishermen find themselves on a time-travelling boat…

Exit 8 (dir. Genki Kawamura)

A lost subway passenger must navigate a mysterious and terrifying maze to escape…

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (dir. Lee Cronin)

A family is terrorised by their young daughter who’s possessed by an Egyptian demon…

Roommates (dir. Chandler Levack)

A college freshman gets into a heated rivalry with her roommate…

Balls Up (dir. Peter Farrelly)

A pair of marketing executives find themselves running for their lives in Brazil…

Glenrothan (dir. Brian Cox)

Two brothers reunite at their family’s whiskey distillery in Scotland…

You, Me & Tuscany (dir. Kat Coiro)

A young woman journeys to Tuscany for a spontaneous romantic rendezvous…

Optimized by Optimole