'Elemental': Pixar's Poignant Take on Interracial Love

Pixar's new movie, Elemental, attempts to tell a universal immigrant story through an interracial romance set in a fantastical urban melting pot. However, the film falls into stereotypes about minority isolation, strictness, and crushing filial expectations. The lack of deeper consideration given to its ideas leads to some ugly reductiveness, creating a metaphor for racial divides without exploring what causes them. The movie looks good, but its undercooked concept is a problem.