'Vivo' Review: Sony's Likeable Musical Adventure Is A Visual Symphony
You wait an age for a Latin-flavored animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, then two come along at once. Sony Pictures Animation’s Encanto will follow later in the year. Only the first act of Vivo is actually set in Latin America: Havana, Cuba, to be precise. But the rest of the story unfolds across a Florida shot through with the presence of the Cuban diaspora, and powered by propulsive pop-fusion tunes from the Hamilton songwriter which run the gamut from mambo to hip hop. Havana is home to Andrés (voiced by Buena Vista Social Club veteran Juan de Marcos), an old-time musicia...
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