Summary
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 66Audiences 64GoodWatch 66
Box office
1.0×its budget
- Budget
- $150 M
- Worldwide
- $154 M
Worldwide it earned $4 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for animated movies, +9 min on the typical 89
typical 8998Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 59 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
+49
Released
2025
June 18, 2025
Last year
Genres
AnimationAdventureScience FictionFamilyComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchPure EscapismThought-Provoking24 of 24
Yonas KibreabElio / Other Elio (voice)
Remy EdgerlyGlordon (voice)
Zoe SaldañaOlga Solís (voice)
Brad GarrettLord Grigon (voice)
Brandon MoonAmbassador Helix (voice)
Jameela JamilAmbassador Questa (voice)
Young DylanBryce (voice)
Jake T. GetmanCaleb (voice)
Matthias SchweighöferAmbassador Tegmen (voice)
Ana de la RegueraAmbassador Turais (voice)
Atsuko OkatsukaAmbassador Naos (voice)
Shirley HendersonOoooo (voice)
Naomi WatanabeAmbassador Auva (voice)
Brendan HuntGunther Melmac (voice)
Anissa BorregoAmbassador Mira (voice)
Shelby YoungDiplo Ship (voice)
Bob PetersonUniversal Users Manual (voice)
Kate MulgrewMuseum Exhibit Narrator (voice)
Tamara TunieColonel Markwell (voice)
Trinity Jo-Li BlissAdditional Voices (voice)- KFKendra FountainAdditional Voice (voice)
Kellen GoffAdditional Voices (voice)
Leah Mei GoldAdditional Voice (voice)- KGKrysta GonzalesAdditional Voices (voice)
Directing · 4
- Adrian Molina Director, Story
- Domee Shi Director, Story, ADR & Dubbing
- Madeline Sharafian Director, Story, ADR & Dubbing
- Kelly Bonbright Script Supervisor
Writing · 28
- Julia Cho Screenplay, Story
- Mark Hammer Screenplay
- Mike Jones Screenplay
- Hyein Park Story Artist, Shading
- James S. Baker Story Artist
- Mitra Shahidi Story Artist
Production · 10
- Pete Docter Executive Producer
- Lindsey Collins Executive Producer
- Mary Alice Drumm Producer
- Kevin Reher Casting
- Natalie Lyon Casting
- Kate Hansen-Birnbaum Casting
Camera · 2
- Danielle Feinberg Director of Photography
- Matt Aspbury Director of Photography
Editing · 10
- Steve Bloom Editor
- Anna Wolitzky Editor
- Diya Correa Consulting Editor
- Eric M. Barker Assistant Editor
- Ben Morris First Assistant Editor
- Brian Vidal First Assistant Editor
Sound · 65
- Rob Simonsen Original Music Composer
- Jeremy Bowker Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Angela Sarafyan ADR & Dubbing
- Tara Strong ADR & Dubbing
- Scott Menville ADR & Dubbing
- Bob Peterson ADR & Dubbing
Art · 7
- Harley Jessup Production Design
- Matt Nolte Art Direction
- Kyle Jones Art Direction
- Maria Lee Art Direction
- Kristian Norelius Art Direction
- Ernesto Nemesio Art Direction
Visual Effects · 37
- Claudia Chung Sanii Visual Effects Supervisor
- Shaun Galinak VFX Artist
- Alyssa Lee VFX Artist
- Gary Bruins VFX Artist
- Yingzong Xin Character Designer
- Peter de Sève Character Designer
Lighting · 1
- Eman Abdul-Razzak Lighting Artist
Other crew · 9
- Stephen Schaffer Second Film Editor
- Jesse Andrews Additional Writing
- Noah Newman Second Film Editor
- Greg Snyder Second Film Editor
- Duncan Blickenstaff Additional Music
- Hannah Friedman Additional Writing
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