![]() There are some pleasing character designs, like the hulking, one-armed fisherman with a belt stuffed full of stabbing implements, or his cat, Machiavelli, both of whom rock impressive moustaches. Brought to life in pastel colours, the town of Portorosso (a nod to Studio Ghibli classic Porco Rosso) is charming and cosy, like a memory of a holiday you went on when you were eight. Instead, it’s all about pasta-eating (linguine-animation techniques have come on in leaps and bounds) and beach-based bonding, as the two pretend-humans make friends with a local girl (Emma Berman). There’s no big villain and no grand quest, despite the movie establishing a race of guppy-ish, fish-herding aquatic beings and a nightmarish-sounding oceanic abyss (never seen on screen). And it is refreshing, at least at first, to have the plot pootle along like, well, an Italian motorised scooter, driven by two kids’ sun-baked daydreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() Luca and his new pal Alberto ( Jack Dylan Grazer) are obsessed by the things, chattering about them, drawing them and even making their own DIY version. What stops the film short of greatness is a pervading generic quality. ![]()
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