Parent reviews for Luca

Ungrateful fish like the little mermaid, how awful it was to see a child run away from his parents, what’s wrong with working on a farm, the friendship between the two boys was so odd. The jealousy the boy had was another odd situation. Any one who harbors jealousy is not a healthy situation. Finally, the protection the parents have is a real life thing for parents today how could they water it down with such a fantasy situation!! It could have been such a sweet movie, the colors, the culture was beautiful. I’m not allowing my children to see it again, I totally regretted it.

So cuuute! I really liked this movie! It may not be as complex as other Disney Pixar movies, but it is its simplicity that makes it so good! It has a very nice summer feeling to it that will defenitely make you remember your own childhood adventures. The animation is gorgeous and the message about friendship is very relatable for the kids. And of course, this adventure that includes a lots of sun, blu skies and water will defenetely make them go out and experience some wonderful summer adventures! Highly recommend this movie, for many summers to come! :)

This movie is very sweet. It is very nice to watch with the whole family, it is also very humorous as while. Full of friendship, standing for yourself and standing up for others. Being there for each other when you need them the most. Mystical creatures are cute not scary, the animation is beautiful. I really enjoyed this film. Based in Italy, there is some Italian spoken. Friends are both good to have and sometimes they can be terrible influence. I hope you will enjoy this movie.

From a parents point of view I'd say it was a pointless movie. No purpose, not very surprising plot twists. The only surprise for me was that I was hoping for a good family oriented lesson for children, about the importance of family or how hard life gets for the runaways like in coco, but the whole moral of the story was that children can be right so we should let them go their own way. The only role of the parents was to stop their child from doing what he wanted to do. They were being very nonsensical and mean throughout the movie with the other kids. Also the words jerk and stupido were used very frequently along the movie.
This was nothing like Disney Pixar's amazing heart warming productions. Just a light entertainment with a very disappointing lesson. Other than that my 4 year old son and 7 year old daughter had a good time. Characters were cute. Special effects were great.

Basically, this is the story of a boy who deceives his parents and runs away from home. His parents figure out what he did and go out to find him. It all works out in the end for the kid. So the moral of the story is: Don't listen to your parents because they don't know what they're talking about and arbitrarily tell you that things are dangerous. If you ignore them and do what they tell you not to do, it will all work out for you and in the end your parents will see they were wrong. Pass.

This might be a cute movie for a small child from 3-5 yrs. I have a 9 yr old son that I watched this with. It's not a hit movie, just a summer movie filler.

Downside for me: Luca blatantly disobeys his parents and goes above water day after day where they believe it is unsafe for a mermaid. When they find out and want to send him to live with his wayward uncle deep in the sea, he runs away to land. There he continues to build a friendship with an older mermaid/boy who has chosen to live on land all the time. We can assume he's around 17-18 yrs since he says his father has decided he's old enough to live on his own and has abandoned him in a sort of lighthouse/castle. Luca is portrayed as about 11. It's a questionable relationship. They go on in the movie to sleep on a treehouse platform together outside a new friend's (human) window.

High points: They all practice perseverance, grit and determination to win a race in order to receive the prize scooter. (be it.... all while Luca is out running his parents at every turn and knows it). The music is good/different for children to hear. In the end, there is an important message about the desire to learn and go to school.