Elemental

Despite its confused and overstuffed worldbuilding, 'Elemental' has enough charming moments to get by, even if its meaning lies less in its ill-conceived immigrant saga, and more in the personal drama that lives a few layers beneath it. So much of modern Pixar comes mired in 'almost's' and 'what-if's,' and Peter Sohn's 'Elemental' is no exception, resulting in a film that embodies the very best and worst of the studio's recent output, defined more by its potential than whether or not it fulfills it.