The Object Movie

The Object Movie is an upcoming live-action/animated coming-of-age teen comedy-drama film written by Adam Parker, co-produced by Erik Zander and directed by Ethan Vasquez. The film stars Nicolas Cantu, Elle Fanning, Noah Jupe, and Mackenzie Foy.
The plot follows four anthropomorphic objects as they follow their periods of six years of adolescence, which goes from childhood to 12 years old until reaching 18 years old as young adults, when they begin to analyze their relationships with their parents and people close to them, their discoveries, experiences and their conflicts while living and growing up in the "favelas" of Brazil from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. It is also the second overall installment of the VPZverse and the second installment of the "Genesis" series.
Adam almost went by his late brother's draft for the script for The Object Movie, which was originally supposed to be a completely different film that had a crime-oriented "Pulp Fiction-style" plot set in the 1980s with an amount of morbid humor. However, Adam decided to make a new script from scratch to make a story that was more based on Vasquez's life and that would appeal to both children and adults alike.
The Object Movie received positive reviews, with particular praise for its screenplay, moral message, cinematography, visuals, voice acting, and overall cast, with Cantu, Jupe, and Foy receiving special praise.
== Synopsis==
Following the lives of four anthropomorphic objects between the ages of 12 and 18, the film aims to capture the four objects' growing pains from elementary school to high school.
Over the course of six long years, uncomfortable decisions, challenging changes, and emotional experiences are about to shape the personalities of the four friends as they grow up in Brazilian favelas during the 1990s.
As life unfolds, vivid vignettes document family reunions, road trips, birthday parties, graduations and other important milestones, along with episodes in between, and through the eyes of the four friends, childhood slowly turns into adolescence and early adulthood.
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Nicolas Cantu as Milton Souza / Miles Branton / Firey, an anthropomorphic portion of fire who seems to be an aspiring archeologist. He has a crush on Valeska.
**Taron Egerton as Miles Branton (adult)
*Elle Fanning as Valeska Álves, an anthropomorphic flower who is an aspiring supermodel and theater actress. She is best friends with Brianna.
*Noah Jupe as Diego Bezerra, an anthropomorphic book who is an aspiring book writer. He has a crush on Brianna, although her older brother bullies Diego, making him his arch-enemy.
*Mackenzie Foy as Brianna Guedes, an anthropomorphic pink hair bow who is an aspiring pop singer. She has a crush on Diego, although her older brother bullies him.
===Supporting cast ===
*Dylan O'Brien as Vinicius Guedes, Brianna's arrogant and bossy older brother who is also Diego's bully and arch-enemy.
*Emma Watson as Phoebe Souza, a Fire Elemental woman who is taking care of Milton alone after the disappearance of her husband, who she suspects is just him trying to get out of paying child support.
*Neil Patrick Harris as Carlos Jorge / CJ, the homosexual elementary teacher of Trinity Elementary School. He is patient, wise, understanding, and protective of his students, making him a likable teacher.
==Parental Guide==
=== Classification===
*Argentina: Atp
*Australia: PG
*Brazil: 12
*Canada: PG
*Chile: TE
*Colombia: 12
*Denmark: 7
*Finland: 12
*France: TP
*Germany: 6
*Hong Kong: IIA
*India: U
*Italy: T
* Japan: G
*Mexico: B
* Netherlands: 6
*New Zealand: PG
*Norway: 9
*Philippines: PG
*Portugal: M/6
*Taiwan: 6+
*United Kingdom: PG
*United States: PG-13
===Sex and Nudity (Mild-Moderate) ===
*A scene of Diego and Brianna having protected sex is implied with a scene of Diego opening what looks like a condom and is later shown the movements of the two under the blanket of a bed.
*Vinicius is implied to be a homophobic jerk since he is seen mocking gay people, including his teacher.
*It is implied that Milton sometimes have sudden erections whenever Valeska poses for her supermodel career.
*Periods of female characters are mentioned.
===Violence & Gore (None-Mild)===
*Vinicius is shown to be a bully who both verbally and physically attacks students at school, particularly Diego, whenever he tries to woo Vinicius' younger sister Brianna, even though Brianna already has feelings for Diego.
*Diego begins to become an increasingly aggressive teenager as Vinicius's bullying towards him continues, to the point where a scene is shown of 16-year-old Diego knocking out Vinicius unconsciously in a fight during a party at Brianna's house, nearly killing him. A small amount of blood is seen in this scene.
===Profanity (Mild-Moderate)===
*Strong language is present in the film, but is infrequent.
*Moderate language used in the film includes words such as: "piss", "b*tch", "bastard", "balls", "ass", "damn", "slut", and "sh*t". The "f-word" is used only once.
=== Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Mild-Moderate)===
*A scene is shown of Vinicius secretly putting a portion of alcohol in Diego's soda drink so he could make him drunk.
*Vinicius becomes a secret drug dealer when he starts high school. However, Brianna catches Vinicius selling the drugs to the students and immediately reports it to the police.
=== Frightening and Intense Scenes (Mild)===
*Vinicius' bullying may leave younger, more sensitive viewers either upset or distressed.
*The party scene at Brianna's house may cause seizures in photosensitive viewers due of its rapidly flashing lights.
==Trivia==
*The entire film is filmed in 1.33:1 (4:3) aspect ratio instead of either a 1.78:1 (16:9) or a 2.40:1 (21:9) aspect ratio to preserve the feeling of watching a home video release from the 1990s and early 2000s.
* The film was banned in Malaysia, Russia and Thailand due to the inclusion of LGBT themes and jokes towards politics.
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