Encanto (2022) :: Shattering the special woman stereotypes
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers. RATING: I watched Encanto with my two daughters, aged 10 and 15. The new Disney/Pixar animation made me cry during at least a quarter of the movie. When we left, I felt like I was leaving a therapy session, and a good one at that. The reason why this movie resonated so much was obvious to me, but reading online I did not find a single review talking about what I think is the main focus of the movie: the precise and careful shattering of the special woman stereotypes, in all of their dangerous shapes. Each one of the Madrigal women has a special power, and each of these powers represent different roles that women are usually forced into. Don't worry, I will get into it deeply in the following paragraphs. Starting from the beginning, the reason why the movie was so powerful to me is that I really disliked it at first. I couldn't feel empathy towards Mirabel, the main character in the beginning. The girl that did not have specia...