Luca goes back to his family’s house under the sea, where he’s the shepherd for a school of small fish they tend. Everybody gets scared, Luca accidentally gets caught in the fishermen’s net for a moment, and the record player tumbles into the ocean.
Luca, a young teenage sea monster, startles the two men when he tries to take some things on the boat, including a wrench and a playing card. One of the men winds up an old Victrola phonograph to play a beautiful aria. They’re fishing near a small, isolated island where, legend has it, the sea monsters live. The movie opens on a small boat at night on the ocean, where two Italian fishermen discuss fairy tales about sea monsters. LUCA isn’t as spectacular a production as the best of Pixar’s animated classics, but it’s a perfectly delightful, heartwarming, funny family movie with appealing characters where friendship overcomes prejudice and sinful pride.
Instead of movie theaters, Disney decided to release LUCA for free on its Disney+ streaming service. Pixar’s new animated comedy, LUCA, is about a young teenage boy who visits a beautiful seaside Italian town with his newfound friend, but all their fun is threatened by a deep secret: they are both sea monsters from another world just below the ocean’s surface. LUCA, which is streaming on Disney Plus, also has some positive pro-family themes. Ultimately, Alberto and Luca’s friendship, and the friendship they develop with the girl and her father, overcomes the town’s prejudice and Ercole’s selfish pride. Meanwhile, Alberto and Luca are in danger of being killed by the townspeople if their true identities as sea monsters are discovered. Ercole, the town bully, is a totally conceited, selfish boy who thinks he’s God’s gift to the world. Though not as masterful as Pixar’s best movies, LUCA is a breezy, funny, heartwarming animated adventure. They get help from a local girl who’s been itching to stop the bully’s reign of terror. Also, the boys harbor a deep secret: they are both sea monsters from another world below the ocean’s surface. However, their plans are threatened by the town’s conceited bully. They hope to win a local race so they can buy a used Vespa motor scooter to see the world. Luca visits a beautiful seaside Italian town with his newfound friend, Alberto. Pixar’s new animated comedy, LUCA, is about a young teenage boy.