Arco
Ugo Bienvenu · 2025
Arco is a gorgeously animated French film. There were times while watching when I was simply mesmerized by its beauty. The story is a thoughtful mix of time travel and an honest but hopeful view of the future, told through the eyes of children.
There was some genuinely interesting sci-fi tech in this story that I’d never seen before. Floating beds. Flying and time travel as a form of driving in the future? The use of rainbows and sunlight in general was fantastic.
The music and plot had me thinking of Interstellar at times. The voice acting choices were fine, though I am tempted to rewatch with the original French voice acting! An extremely minor gripe barely worth mentioning: Will Ferrell’s voice pulled me out of the story a few times. A side effect of casting well-known actors for voice work, I suppose.
Loved it. Kids loved it too.