| I was really shy and I found this troublemaker of a kid who had a completely different life | " Casarosa agreed: "We hope that 'sea monster' could be a metaphor for all [manners] of feeling different — like being a teen or even pre-teen — any moment where you feel odd |
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| The film also played a one-week theatrical engagement at Hollywood's from June 18—24, 2021 | And it felt true to the story to go in that direction |
Or atleast in my opinion it was quite good one.
17| This is about the greatest summer in these two boys lives and Jesse's voice with both of those boys was just so wonderful and hilarious and special and emotional | I wish there were more |
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| from the original on May 1, 2021 | Nielsen reported that the movie topped the weekly streaming Top 10 list for the June 14—20 week, and ranking at No |
from the original on June 16, 2021.
4| from the original on August 18, 2020 | It is the feature-length directorial debut of Casarosa, who has previously directed the 2011 Academy Award-nominated short film |
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| "Viva la pappa col pomodoro" by• To prepare for the film, Pixar sent several of the film's artists to the for a research trip, during which they took photos of the area's landscape and peoples | You know that they've only seen it through one perspective, one lens, and so I think that that's a wonderful theme in the film, which is that those ideas weren't right and that there's more to learn |
Similarities and parallels to director 's film , which was based on a book centering on a romantic relationship in summer in the 20th century between two foreign young men in an Italian coastal town, have also been pointed out.
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